Abstract: A roofing system for protecting a building comprises a plurality of side-interlocking and front-to-back interlocking roof panels. A top side includes a front flange projecting forward at a front end. One or more gutter panels may be included, each having a top side open to a U-shaped gutter. An interior of each roof panel and gutter panel includes an insulating foam material, and an outer surface includes a rigid shell. The gutter panel is adapted for fixing along an edge of the roof at least partially under the flange of any of the roof panels that are disposed along an edge of the roof. Preferably the roofing system further includes gable cap panels, soffit fascia panels, valley cap panels, and wind breakers for holding the roof panels down to the roof in wind.

Abstract: A film that can be used in packaging applications includes one or more layers, wherein the layers include an anti-fog additive and/or an IR additive and the resulting film has greater than about a 50% prestretch capability.

Abstract: A method of producing laminated roofing shingles is provided, wherein the shingles are of a dragon's tooth type, and shingles made in accordance with the method, and packages of such shingles.

Abstract: A starter block and a shingle are utilized to form courses that may be positioned in overlapping fashion on a roof to form a roofing covering system. The particular design of the starter block and shingle result in a roofing product that provides increased durability over previous designs. The starter block may be formed with top and bottom surfaces, opposite side surfaces with tapering heights, and a front surface having a greater height than a back surface of the starter block. When the starter block is coupled to a roof deck, a semi-rigid shingle having a generally planar bottom surface may be placed upon the starter block so that a portion of the shingle extends off of the starter block over the back surface thereof and onto the roof deck to facilitate contact between the shingle and the roof deck at a location more proximal to the starter block back surface than if the same back surface had the same height as the front surface.

Abstract: A packaging box is provided, for specialty shingles, wherein there are provided multiple compartments of an interior box, for accommodating shingles, with a sleeve disposed thereabout, and with a handle of the box projecting through an upper wall of the sleeve, with there being no bottom wall for the sleeve, to accommodate ready removal of the sleeve from the multiple-compartment box. A projecting handle of an underlying box can be accommodated in an opening of a next overlying box, when the packages are assembled in stacked relation one upon the other, such as in palletized form.

Abstract: A package of specialty shingles is provided, preferably for containing hip, ridge or rake shingles, with support in the bottom of the package for the shingles that is complementary to the lower ends of nested, stacked shingles in the package. Shaped constraining devices are provided, for retaining the shape of shingles in the package. An assembly of packages of the specialty shingles is provided, in a tray arrangement, and a pallet assembly of various levels of such packages disposed on a pallet are also provided.

Abstract: A work platform and material wrapper for a supply of tiles or shingles is provided. The work platform includes an underlying base and an upright member. The base is for supporting the supply and has a front side, a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is disposed intermediate of the front side and the top surface. The upright member extends from an end of the front side. The base and the upright member form a storage bay configured to support the supply in a substantially horizontal position away from the roof surface. The material wrapper includes a midsection and four or more branches. Each branch includes a base connected to the midsection and a top flap connected to the base opposite the midsection. The base further includes at least one side flap configured and arranged to mate with an adjacent side flap on an adjacent base.

Abstract: A process for making a plurality of hip, ridge or rake shingles, and the shingles produced thereby and stacks and packages of such shingles are provided. An adhesive impregnated mat is moved longitudinally, and granules are provided onto adhesive, in predetermined bands. An overlay band of adhesive, continuous or discontinuous is provided, with granules thereon, increasing the thickness of the shingle material being made, in predetermined bands, relative to the remainder of the shingle material. The shingle material is slit longitudinally, and one portion can be laminated to another portion, preferably creating a multiple-ply laminated shingle material with thickened overlay portions and optionally with shadow line portions. The material is then slit longitudinally, and cut transversely into a plurality of hip, ridge or rake shingles, which may be individually separated from each other, or which may comprise a plurality of connected together shingles. The shingles are then stacked and wrapped.

Abstract: A package of specialty shingles is provided, preferably for containing hip, ridge or rake shingles, with support in the bottom of the package for the shingles that is complementary to the lower ends of nested, stacked shingles in the package. Shaped constraining devices are provided, for retaining the shape of shingles in the package. An assembly of packages of the specialty shingles is provided, in a tray arrangement, and a pallet assembly of various levels of such packages disposed on a pallet are also provided.

Abstract: A package is provided, of specialty roofing materials, including a plurality of stacked shingles in the package, in nested relation, with the shingles being of variable thickness from one end to the other in one or more stacks, as packaged, to be of “V” configuration, and of various selected orientations, and forming a substantially hollow zone, with at least one insert structure to fill the hollow zone and provide support for the end shingle in the stack. The at least one insert structure may be constructed of various materials, such as folded cardboard, cellular foam or the like. Filler material may be provided in the package, for any voids between the stack of shingles and the upper end of the package.

Abstract: A package is provided, of specialty roofing materials, including a plurality of stacked shingles in the package, in nested relation, with the shingles being of variable thickness from one end to the other in one or more stacks, as packaged, to be of “V” configuration, and of various selected orientations, and forming a substantially hollow zone, with at least one insert structure to fill the hollow zone and provide support for the end shingle in the stack. The inserts may be constructed of various materials, such as folded cardboard, cellular foam or the like. Filler material may be provided in the package, for any voids between the stack of shingles and the upper end of the package.

Abstract: This invention relates to back-to-back inverse packaging of a pair of tabbed, composite roofing shingles consisting of (a) a top sheet having a lower butt portion divided into spaced tabs and an upper undivided headlap portion carrying a horizontal band of nailing indicia on the lower portion of its exposed surface; (b) a backer strip underlying the tabs of the top sheet and filling the spaces between the tabs and (c) vertical projections of approximately similar shape and spacing as the tabs, positioned on the top horizontal margin of the backer strip which projections extend upwardly beyond said band of indicia at a distance not more than one half the width of said headlap portion and which are interposed above the spaces between the tabs.

Abstract: Bundle (1) of shingles (2) characterized in that the shingles (2) are disposed superposed over their width (I) in a bundle column (20), but not strictly superposed over their length (L) in this bundle column (20), the bundle of shingles thus comprising but a single bundle column (20) of shingles of a width (I) equal to the width (I) of one shingle (2) and a length greater than the length (L) of one shingle (2).

Abstract: A partition for a packaging box having a bottom, two opposing sides, and two opposing ends. The partition includes four panels. The first panel is located between and substantially parallel to the ends, between and substantially perpendicular to the sides, and substantially perpendicular to the bottom. The second panel is joined to the box and joined to the first panel along a first fold line. The third panel is located immediately adjacent the first panel. The fourth panel is joined to the third panel along a second fold line that is substantially perpendicular to the first fold line.

Abstract: A roof tile adapted for flat-packing includes on its under surface at least one region spaced from the or each hanging nib where the tile is deeper in cross-section than any other part of the tile. The underside of the or each region is configured so that when the tile is superposed on a second said tile, the tiles lie parallel and the underside lies in substantial contact with the upper surface of the second tile and prevents the hanging nib(s) of the first tile from contacting the upper surface of the second tile. By creating a region that is deeper than the depth at the hanging nibs, no load is borne by the nibs during stacking and the risk of the nibs breaking off during stacking and/or subsequent transportation is significantly reduced. In addition, because the tiles are specifically adapted to be flat-packed, the packs are particularly stable.

Abstract: An assembled hip roof includes a plurality of roofing panels as well as the rafters of the underlying structure that support those panels. Ridge caps preferably extend over the panels at the hip rafters. In a preferred embodiment, a set of metal roofing panels is designed and shaped for use on a specific hip roof configuration, using a minimal number of separate panels. In a preferred embodiment especially suitable for larger area roofs, a plurality of the panels interlock with one another. The panels are preferably coated on one or both sides for protection against scratching during handling and assembly. One or more of the panels preferably include decorative relief, such as the appearance of overlapping wooden boards. In a preferred embodiment of the method of the invention, the panels are manufactured from rolled steel.

Abstract: This invention relates to a package comprising a roll of asphaltic roofing or siding material wrapped with a stressed polymeric membrane having an elasticity of at least 4%.

Abstract: A packaging box having a bottom. A supporting insert resting on the bottom of the packaging box. The supporting insert includes a ridge support, a partition panel, and a tab panel. The ridge support includes two support panels. Each support panel has a first side resting against the bottom of the packaging box, and a second side, opposite the first side, joined along a ridge line substantially above the bottom of the packaging box. The partition panel is substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the packaging box. The partition panel has a third side joined to the first side of one of the support panels. The tab panel is at a substantial angle to the partition panel. The tab panel has a first end joined to the partition panel along a line parallel to the ridge line.

Abstract: A packaging box having a bottom. A supporting insert resting on the bottom of the packaging box. The supporting insert includes a ridge support, a partition panel, and a tab panel. The ridge support includes two support panels. Each support panel has a first side resting against the bottom of the packaging box, and a second side, opposite the first side, joined along a ridge line substantially above the bottom of the packaging box. The partition panel is substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the packaging box. The partition panel has a third side joined to the first side of one of the support panels. The tab panel is at a substantial angle to the partition panel. The tab panel has a first end joined to the partition panel along a line parallel to the ridge line.

Abstract: Biodegradable articles such as diaper topsheets, diaper backsheets, garbage bags, tampon applicators, disposable syringes and the like that are made from trans-1,4-polyisoprene and like trans-polymers. These articles can also be made from blends of these trans-polymers with other biodegradable components such as starch.

Abstract: An improved wrapper or shroud for packaging shingles which is composed of a heat reflective layer and a heat absorptive layer. The wrapper enhances temperature reduction in packages of shingles exposed to high ambient temperatures.

Abstract: A building panel having inner and outer faces on a body outlined by opposite ends and by upper and lower edges with opposite ends of the panel adapted to closely face the end of an adjacent panel in the same course or row. The outer face of the panel includes a lower portion of substantially larger surface area adapted for weather exposure and an upper portion of relatively smaller surface area adapted to underlie a lower portion of the back face of one or more panels positioned in a next higher course. A flashing element is mounted on the outer face of the panel for precise pivotal movement between a first position wherein the element lies entirely within the outline of the panel body and a second position wherein the element extends outwardly beyond the body of the panel for flashing a joint between adjacent panels.

Abstract: Several courses of random width, low-grade tapered wood shingles are stacked in an elongated trough with the butts of shingles of adjacent courses disposed at opposite sides of the trough to form a substantially continuous stacked shingle lay-up. A cutoff saw consecutively cuts loose packs of shingles from an end portion of the lay-up. After each pack-cutting operation, the lay-up is shifted lengthwise of the trough to a position for the saw to cut another pack from the lay-up. Each severed pack is banded about its center to form a bundle, moved lengthwise partway through a gang saw to form a set of parallel kerfs spaced apart uniformly widthwise of the bundle and extending from an end of the bundle almost up to the band and then turned end-for-end and moved lengthwise partway through the gang saw to form another set of kerfs extending from the other end of the bundle almost up to the band. The kerfs of the two sets of kerfs are in registration.

Abstract: A template for positioning an array of overlapping shingles on a roof comprises a body member having a side edge contoured to fit the side edge pattern of the array of shingles to be established on the roof, whereby the shingle positioning is accomplished by setting on the roof a first shingle of the array, positioning the template on the roof so that a portion of its contoured side edge abuts the corresponding side edge portion of the first shingle of the array and thereafter guiding the placement on the roof of each of the remaining shingles of the array by abutting a side edge portion of each against the corresponding side edge portion of the template's contoured side edge.

Abstract: Several courses of random width, low-grade tapered wood shingles are stacked in an elongated trough with the butts of shingles of adjacent courses disposed at opposite sides of the trough to form a substantially continuous stacked shingle lay-up. A cutoff saw consecutively cuts loose packs of shingles from an end portion of the lay-up. After each pack-cutting operation, the lay-up is shifted lengthwise of the trough to a position for the saw to cut another pack from the lay-up. Each severed pack is banded about its center to form a bundle, moved lengthwise partway through a gang saw to form a set of parallel kerfs spaced apart uniformly widthwise of the bundle and extending from an end of the bundle almost up to the band and then turned end-for-end and moved lengthwise partway through the gang saw to form another set of kerfs extending from the other end of the bundle almost up to the band. The kerfs of the two sets of kerfs are in registration.