Patent ID: 7240462

Claim:
A laminated shingle, comprising: an overlay member having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including one or more tabs separated by cutouts, each cutout including a pair of non-parallel edges extending from a lower boundary of the upper portion of the overlay member to a lower edge of the lower portion of the overlay member, each cutout also including an upper edge extending between the pair of vertical edges, the overlay member including a layer of granules on the front surface to form at least one horizontally-oriented, generally elongated overlay shading area having a horizontally-oriented longitudinal axis being substantially parallel to a horizontal axis of the overlay member, the horizontally-oriented overlay shading area being darker in appearance than a portion of a remainder of the overlay member; and an underlay member having a front surface attached to the rear surface of the overlay member, the underlay member including a layer of granules on the front surface to form a vertically-oriented underlay shading area having a pair of non-parallel edges; and wherein at least one non-parallel edge of the vertically-oriented underlay shading area of the underlay member is generally parallel with at least one non-parallel edge of at least one cutout of the overlay member, thereby exposing a portion of the vertically-oriented underlay shading area.