Patents by Inventor Tommy Rodrigues

Tommy Rodrigues has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Impact resistant roofing shingles and process of making same
    Publication number: 20050130519
    Abstract: An impact resistant roofing shingle which includes an asphalt coated substrate whose unexposed surface is laminated to an organic film. A process of forming that shingle includes the step of applying an organic film, by spraying a latex, by applying a rubber polymer modified asphalt, by compressing a plastic film having a higher melting or decomposition temperature than the melting point of the asphalt coating or by applying an adhesive to which a plastic film is applied to the unexposed surface of the asphalt coated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Tommy Rodrigues, Frederick Sieling, Awdhoot Kerkar
  • Process for adhering roofing material to a roof deck and assembly therefor
    Patent number: 6774344
    Abstract: The process of adhering asphaltic roofing tiles to a roof deck by covering the tiles on the deck with a heat blanket capable of generating a temperature of at least the cure temperature of the tiles thereby sealing the tiles to the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Geoff Trowbridge, Tommy Rodrigues, Dave Mastropasqua
  • PROCESS FOR ADHERING ROOFING MATERIAL TO A ROOF DECK AND ASSEMBLY THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20040148886
    Abstract: The process of adhering asphaltic roofing tiles to a roof deck by covering the tiles on the deck with a heat blanket capable of generating a temperature of at least the cure temperature of the tiles thereby sealing the tiles to the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geoff Trowbridge, Tommy Rodrigues, Dave Mastropasqua
  • Roofing shingle
    Patent number: D504962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick W. Sieling, Tommy Rodrigues, Av Kerkar, Atilla Sebuktekin