Patents by Inventor Larry Wayne Shanes

Larry Wayne Shanes 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).

  • Molded synthetic hip, ridge or rake shingle and process and apparatus for molding same
    Patent number: 8371072
    Abstract: A molded hip, ridge or rake shingle is provided that is shaped to fit over angled intersecting planar surface of a roof hip, ridge or rake, by making a shingle precursor and draping it in heated condition over a rack having surfaces that have an included angle therebetween to cool and take form, such that portions of the shingle precursor conform to the surfaces of the rack, at a desired predetermined included angle between the shingle precursor portions, to form a hip, ridge or rake shingle with shingle portions having the desired included angle between the shingle portions. The shingle is formed according to the process, and on an apparatus, to produce the shingles that can be applied to a roof, in an array of shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Shanes, Thomas Kevin MacKinnon
  • Hip, ridge or rake roofing shingle
    Patent number: D617913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Shanes, Thomas K. MacKinnon
  • Front portion of a hip, ridge or rake roofing shingle
    Patent number: D625845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Shanes, Thomas Kevin MacKinnon
  • Array of hip, ridge or rake roofing shingles
    Patent number: D636501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Shanes, Thomas Kevin MacKinnon