Patent ID: 8151534

Claim:
An elevated retainer for retaining roofing tile against a roofing surface, the elevated retainer comprising: a retainer head, the retainer head having a base and a top, the base being adapted for placement near the roofing surface so that the base is closer to the roofing surface than the top, the retainer head having a retainer nail channel; a reinforcing strip that extends from the retainer head top, the reinforcing strip being adapted for extending from the retainer head, the reinforcing strip having a nail slot that extends through the reinforcing strip; at least one lug retainer that extends away from the base of the retainer head in substantially the same direction as the reinforcing strip, the lug retainer having a lug lower end, the lug retainer further having at least one resilient protrusion at a distance from the base of the retainer head, the resilient protrusion extending from the lug retainer towards the top of the retainer head and is adapted for elevating at least one lug on a roofing tile, so that attachment of the elevated retainer through the use of a nail through the retainer nail channel and into the roofing surface while the reinforcing strip and the resilient protrusion straddle the roofing tile and the lug of the roofing tile.