US1658806A - Roofing shingle - Google Patents

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Feb. 14, 1928.

J. w. KAUFER ROOFING SfiINGLE Filed June 29. 1927 I N VEN TOR. fahzM dzfi f 0/ l ATTORNEY.

' tangular shaped body with a projection ex- Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

JOHN W. KAUFEB, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

ROOFING SHINGLE.

Application filed June 29,

The invention relates to roofing shingles, and has for its object to provide a device of this character having a substantially rectending outwardly fromthe under side thereof and having one of its sides in alinement with the side of the body, and an inwardly extending slit or slot in 'the alined side of the projection whereby when the shingles are placed in 'interengaged and interlocked relation the shingles, when abutted in courses, will assume their proper po- 'sitions in relation to the roof as a whole and the projections may be easily and quickly locked in position, with the inclined sides of the projections of adjacent courses of shingles.

A further object is to provide a shingle structure of the interlocking type, which may be easily and quickly interlocked and when interlocked the sides of the shingles will assume their proper abutting engagement with shingles of the same course, thereby allowing the laying of a roof without the tedious necessity of accurately gaging the position of shingles, consequently providing a shingle which does not require an expert or a skilled worker to lay, and materially redifices the time required for shingling a mo A further object is to providea shingle having a body substantially rectangular shaped and having a projection V-shaped extending outwardly from one side of the body with its side in alinement with the side of the body, thereby allowing the formation and cutting of shingles from a single piece of material without loss of material.

With the above and other ob'ects in view the invention resides in the com ination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may he made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention,

in the drawin Figure l is a pin view out one of the shin- & Figure 52 is a plan view or a section oi a root, formed from the shingies.

Referring the drawing, the numeral 1 signates the rectanguiar shaped body of e shingle and 5 a substantiaiiy ti-shaped from the outwardly 1927. Serial No. 202,425.

under or lower side of the shingle. projection 2 has its side 3 in alinement with the side 4 of the shingle and is provided with an inwardly extending slit or'slot 5 extending inwardly from the side 3 thereof. The depth of the slot 5 is of a depth whereby when the shingles are interlocked as shown in Figure 2 in overlapped courses and the corners 6 of the recessed sides are in the bottom of the slits or slots 5, the sides 4 of the shingle bodies 1 will be in abutting engagement with the sides 7 of the bodies 1, as clearly shown in Figure 2, therefore it will be seen that the relation of the slots 5 is such that when the corners are interlocked, which can be easily done,'the shingles when placed in abutting engagement, during the laying of successive courses,'will assume their natural positions, consequently the shingles may be easily and quickly laid forforming a roof or siding with a maximum amount of speed, and without the use of skilled labor if desired.

In laying the roof the lower course a is preferably placed on the roof with the shingles in abutting engagement and after which, in laying the next course, it is only necessary for the operator to force the ends of the projections of the next course under the projections of the lower course a and pull upwardly on the shingles until the corners 6 are in the bottoms of the slots 5, and at which time the sides 7 and 4 of the shingles will be in position for abutting each other. The laying of other courses continues in the same manner, and it will be noted, it

-will not be necessary for the operator to measure or use extraordinary skill in the laying of the shingles of each course, as they will naturally, after the interlocking operation, fall into their natural positions. will be noted that slot 5 is referred to as a slot or slit, and theterm is used, as it is obviousa slit or slot ma he used.

From the above it will e seen that a rooting shingle is provided which is shaped in a manner whereby shingles may "he formed from a single piece of material without the loss of any of the material, whereh waste in course. of manufacture is obviate it will also be seen that a positively interlocking roofing is provided in which the interlocked projections will be positively prevented from curling, a single siit used in interlocking the projections, thereby obviating excessive bending and as the projections do not have The llO

to interlock with both sides of adjacent projections or shin les, it is obvious that the interlocking may e easily and quickly accomplished with the minimum amount of time and labor.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A roofing shingle comprising a substantially rectangular shaped body, a projection extending outwardly from one side of the under side of the shingle, the side of said projection being in alinement with the side of the shingle body, said projection in its alined side being provided with an inwardly extending slit.

2. A roofing shingle comprising a substantially rectangular shaped body, a projection extending outwardly from one of the edges thereof, said projection having one of its sides in alinement with the side of the body and a slot extending inwardly into the projection from the alined side thereof.

3. A roofing shingle comprising a substantially rectangular shaped body, an outwardly tapered projection carried by said body, one side of said projection being in alinement with one side of the body and a slit extending into the projection from the alined side thereof.

4. A roof formed from a plurality of overlapped courses of shingles, the shingles of each course comprising alined abutting rectangular shaped bodies, V-shaped projections extending outwardly from the lower edges of the bodies at one side thereof, sides of said projections being in alinement with abutting ends of the shingle bodies, said projections having inwardly extending slots in their alined sides, the bottoms of said slots being positioned whereby the projections of superimposed courses, when interlocked with the projections of lower courses, will limit the positions of the bodies of the courses to abutting alined relation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- JOHN W. KAUFER.

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