Shingle sealing arrangements

US10538918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC · US

Inventors

• David P. Aschenbeck · Newark, US
• James E. Loftus · Newark, US
• Donn R. Vermilion · Newark, US
• Lawrence J. Grubka · Westerville, US
• Carmen Anthony LaTorre · Westerville, US
• Bert W. Elliott · Toledo, US
• Christopher Patrick Kasprzak · Maumee, US
• Edward R. Harrington · Naperville, US
• Christina Marie Wise · Granville, US
• William Edwin Smith · Pataskala, US
• Shu Situ-Loewenstein · Indianapolis, US
• Jonathan M. Verhoff · Granville, US
• Benjamin Barszcz · New Albany, US
• David Michael Ploense · Downers Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 13, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04D1/36
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An exemplary shingle includes at least one coated shingle sheet defining a headlap portion and a tab portion each having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a first thermally activated adhesive material. A second line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a second thermally activated adhesive material having a minimum activation temperature less than a minimum activation temperature of the first thermally activated adhesive material.