A shingle is formed with a first, or trailing, side edge folded over toward the top surface of the shingle to catch moisture and direct it down to the top surface of the next lower shingle. A second, or leading, side edge of the shingle is not folded. An "S" shaped fold, spaced apart from the trailing edge fold, receives the unfolded leading edge of an adjacent shingle. The tailing edge and S fold form a gutter under the leading edge of the adjacent shingle. The top edge of the shingle is folded-over toward the top surface of the shingle for engagement with the folded-under lower edge of the next higher shingle. The folded-over top edge extends to the right or leading edge of the shingle and slides under the left edge of the folded-over top edge of the next adjacent shingle to the fight side. The folded-under lower edge extends along the lower edge of the shingle but leaves a gap relative to the folded-under lower edge of the lateral adjacent shingle. In this way water is caught by the gutter and flows out the gap between folded-under lower edges of laterally adjacent shingles. One or more S-shaped folds are also made in the middle of the shingle to form a panel having the appearance of multiple shingles.
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7. A roofing shingle, comprising:
a trailing edge; a first S shaped fold spaced inwardly from the trailing edge; a leading edge adapted for insertion into an S shaped fold of a lateral adjacent shingle; a plurality of additional S shaped folds to form an appearance of multiple shingles; said trailing edge is folded over for forming a gutter between said trailing edge fold and said first S shaped fold; an upper edge folded-over toward a top surface of the roofing shingle; and a lower edge folded-under toward a bottom surface of the roofing shingle for engagement with an upper edge of a lower adjacent similar shingle.
12. A roofing system comprising a plurality of shingles in which each shingle is an elongated rectangular sheet with a top surface and a bottom surface extending between an upper edge and a lower edge and between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said sheet of each of said shingles having a plurality of S-shaped folds in laterally spaced relation to each other, each of said S-shaped folds extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge and with alternate ones of said S-shaped folds in a shingle being folded in opposite directions from adjacent folds on either side such that alternate portions of the top surface between the S-shaped folds are higher than adjacent portions of the top surface.
6. A roofing shingle having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a lower edge, further comprising;
a trailing side edge folded over toward the top surface of the roofing shingle; a leading side edge which is unfolded; an S shaped fold spaced apart form the trailing edge fold for receiving an unfolded leading edge of a lateral adjacent shingle; said S shaped fold, said trailing edge fold, and the top surface of the roofing shingle between the S shaped fold and the trailing edge fold forming a gutter for guiding water from the top surface of the roofing shingle to a top surface of a lower adjacent similar shingle; multiple folds in the roofing shingle at regularly spaced intervals to form the appearance of multiple shingles; and a plurality of gaps in said lower edge adjacent said multiple folds for allowing water to migrate along said multiple folds and out onto said lower adjacent shingle.
1. A substantially planar roofing shingle having a top surface and a bottom surface, and further comprising:
at least one side edge of the shingle folded over the top surface of the roofing shingle to form one side wall of a gutter with the side wall extending from an upper edge to a lower edge of the shingle, said upper edge being folded-over toward the top surface, and said lower edge being folded under toward the bottom surface in a manner that is adapted to engage a folded-over upper edge of a lower adjacent shingle; an S shaped fold, spaced apart from the folded over side edge fold, to form another gutter side wall extending from the upper edge to the lower edge of the shingle, a fold of said S shaped fold adapted to receive a side edge of a lateral adjacent shingle; the gutter side walls formed by said S shaped fold and said folded over side edge, and the top surface of the roofing shingle between the S shaped fold and the folded over side edge forming the gutter, said gutter for catching water migrating around the S shaped fold and under a laterally adjacent shingle, the gutter adapted to guide the water caught by the gutter to a top surface of a lower adjacent shingle.
10. A roofing system comprising a plurality of shingles in which each shingle has a top surface and a bottom surface extending between an upper edge and a lower edge and between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, a first one of said shingles having and in which each shingle further has:
(i) said upper edge folded over said top surface; (ii) said lower edge folded under said bottom surface; (iii) said first lateral edge folded over toward its said top surface to form one side wall of a gutter with said one side wall extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge; and (iv) an S-shaped fold spaced apart from the one side wall of the gutter to form another sidewall of the gutter extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge, ; said a first one of said shingles being positioned over a part of a second one of said shingles with the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles engaged with the folded under lower edge of the first one of said shingles such that the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles underlays the bottom surface of the first one of said shingles and overlays the folded under lower edge of said first one of said shingles, and such that the folded under lower edge of the first one of said shingles overlays the top surface of the second one of said shingles and underlays the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles, and further in such a manner that said gutter channels water caught in said gutter onto the top surface of said second one of said shingles; and wherein the second lateral edge of a third one of said shingles is inserted into the S-shaped fold of said first one of said shingles in such a manner that a portion of said third one of said shingles overlays the gutter of said first one of said shingles while the folded over upper edge of the second one of said shingles underlays both the bottom surface of said third one of said shingles and the gutter of said first one of said shingles such that water migrating around the second lateral edge of the third one of said shingles in the S-shaped fold of the first one of said shingles is caught by the gutter of the first one of said shingles and is channeled by said gutter of the first one of said shingles onto the top surface of the second one of said shingles.
0. 21. A roofing system, comprising:
a plurality of a first type of shingle, wherein each of said first type of shingle has; a top surface and a bottom surface terminating in opposing upper edge and lower edge and in opposing first lateral edge and second lateral edge; said upper edge of the first type of shingle having an upper lip that is folded over said top surface; said lower edge of the first type of shingle having a lower lip that is folded under said bottom surface; said first lateral edge of the first type of shingle having a first gutter with a first gutter surface between a first side wall and a first S fold, said first S fold extending between said first gutter surface and the top surface; said second lateral edge of the first type of shingle having a second gutter side wall and a second S fold, said second S fold extending between said second gutter surface and the top surface; and a plurality of a second type of shingle, wherein each of said second type of shingle has a top surface and a bottom surface terminating in opposing upper edge and lower edge and in opposing first lateral edge and second lateral edge; said upper edge of the second type of shingle having an upper lip that is folded over said top surface; said lower edge of the second type of shingle having a lower lip that is folded under said bottom surface; said first lateral edge of the second type of shingle having a first tongue portion that extends substantially coplanar with said top surface and said bottom surface; and said second lateral edge of the second type of shingle having a second tongue portion that extends substantially coplanar with said top surface and said bottom surface, and further wherein: said upper lip of the second type of shingle is adapted to engage the upper lip of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said lower lip of said second type of shingle; said first tongue portion is adapted to extend over the second side wall and second gutter surface into engagement with the second S fold of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said first tongue portion of said second type of shingle; and said second tongue portion is adapted to extend over the first side wall and first gutter surface into engagement with a first S fold of said first type of shingle that is positioned adjacent said second tongue portion of said second type of shingle.
2. The roofing shingle of
the folded-over upper edge of the roofing shingle is adapted to overlap a folded-over upper edge of a laterally adjacent shingle when the shingles are engaged so that water flowing along the gutter of the roofing shingle cannot flow up under a higher adjacent shingle; and the folded-under lower edge of the roofing shingle is adapted to provide a gap between the folded-under lower edge and a folded-under lower edge of the laterally adjacent shingle, the gap being adjacent the gutter of said roofing shingle so that water flowing along said gutter can flow down onto the lower adjacent shingle.
3. The roofing shingle of
multiple folds in the surface of the roofing shingle at regularly spaced intervals to form the appearance of multiple shingles.
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This patent application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 08/218,286, filed on Mar. 25, 1994, entitled Metal Shingle Design (now abandoned).
1. Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to roofing shingles and more particularly to a metal shingle having interlocking folding edges designed to prevent moisture from migrating around the edges of the shingle and folds in the middle of the shingle.
2. Description of the Prior Art:
Metal shingles with interlocking edges are known in the art. U.S. Pat. Nos. Vallee 4,185,436, Vallee 4,218,857, Cosden 3,347,001, Marini et al. 3,269,075, Newlin et al 3,216,741 and Waske 3,209,506 all disclose interlocking edges.
A problem with the prior art interlocking-edge shingle design is that water tends to migrate around the edges of a metal, or smooth surface, shingle. This problem is particularly prevalent at the corners of the shingle where the folded edges may leave a gap close to the surface of the shingle. Also, the water tends to migrate around the interlocking folds at the side edges of the shingle.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a shingle with interlocking edges that is resistant to water moisture creeping around the edges of the shingle.
In accordance with this invention, the above problems have been solved and the above object has been accomplished with a shingle whose side edges overlap with the next adjacent shingle. A first, or trailing, side edge is folded over toward the top surface of the shingle to catch moisture creeping toward this side edge and to direct moisture down the shingle to the top surface of the next lower shingle. A second, or leading, side edge of the shingle is not folded. Another fold, spaced inwardly from the trailing side edge fold, and between the trailing side fold and the leading edge is an "S" shaped fold in the surface of the shingle. This S fold receives the unfolded leading edge of an adjacent shingle inserted into the S fold. As a result, the fold at the trailing side edge, the S fold, and the top surface of the shingle between the trailing edge fold and the S fold form a gutter under the leading side edge of the adjacent shingle. Accordingly, any moisture that manages to migrate around the S fold and under the leading side edge of the adjacent shingle is caught by this gutter and flows down the gutter to the top surface of the next lower shingle on the roof.
The top edge of the shingle is folded-over toward the top surface of the shingle for engagement with the folded-under lower edge of the next higher shingle on the roof. The folded-over top edge extends all the way to the right edge of the shingle so that it slides under the left edge of the folded-over top edge of the next adjacent shingle to the right side. The folded-under lower edge extends along the lower edge of the shingle but preferably leaves a gap relative to the folded-under lower edge of the next adjacent side shingle. In this way, water is restrained from migrating over the top edge of the shingle and is allowed to flow out the gap between respective folded-under lower edges of the adjacent shingles.
As a preferred feature of the present invention, one or more S-shaped folds may also be made in the middle or midsection of the shingle to form a panel that has the appearance of multiple shingles. For a viewer, the end of a smaller simulated shingle is indistinguishable from the end of the panel.
Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art after referring to the complete written description of the preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the following drawings.
The shingle lower edge 12 is folded under for engagement with the upper edge fold 2 of the next lower shingle. The left side, or trailing, edge 14 is folded-over toward the top surface of the shingle 31. The shingle top surface has an S fold 15 spaced inwardly from the trailing edge 14 that divides a gutter surface 16 from the rest of the top surface 4 of the shingle 31. Thus, water flowing to the left side of the shingle 31 over the S fold 15 is caught in a gutter formed by trailing edge 14, gutter surface 16 and S fold 15. The water caught by the shingle gutter surface 16 is directed to flow down to the open lower edge 18 of the shingle and is prevented by folded trailing edge 14 from flowing under the adjacent shingle adjacent to the left side of shingle 31, and instead is guttered onto the center of the top of the next lower shingle.
The arrangement of several interlocked shingles 31, 35, 36, 37, of which shingle 31 is typical is shown in FIG. 8. The right side, or leading, edge 20 of the shingle 31 (
Referring again to FIG. 1. The upper folded-over edge 2 has a leading-side edge 26, which extends all the way to edge 20 and slides over the upper trailing side edge 28 of the folded over edge 2 of the next shingle to the left when right edge 20 of that next shingle to the left is inserted into fold 15. Accordingly, when the next adjacent shingle to the left has its leading edge 20 inserted into S fold 15 of shingle 31, the trailing-side edge 28 of fold-over edge 2 will underlap the leading-side edge 26 of the fold-over edge 2 of the shingle to the left being inserted.
The lower folded-under edge 12 has a leading-side edge 30 which can be tapered, or slant cut, from the right side leading edge 20 to provide for easy insertion of leading edge 20. The trailing-side edge 32 of the fold-under lower edge 12 can also be slant cut back from the trailing side of the S fold 15. Thus, when the leading edge 20 of the next adjacent left side shingle is inserted into S fold 15, there will be a gap between folded-under edge 12 of the shingle 31 with the folded-under edge of the inserted shingle. This gap allows water flowing down the gutter surface 16 and caught by the folded-under edge 12 of the inserted shingle to flow out onto the top surface of the next lower shingle.
In
In a third preferred embodiment, shown in
The two shingles 53 and 54 also interlock vertically.
When several of shingles 53 and 54 are interlocked, they have the same appearance of varying height shown in FIG. 9.
While the invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in detail may be therein without departing from the spirit scope, and teaching of the invention.
Plath, David J., Buster, James M.
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