Patent · US Expired

Roofing

US6355329B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/198
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Roofing of plastic sheet (preferably very flexible polypropylene) has embedded in it reinforcing threads of a higher tenacity (preferably ultra high molecular weight polyethylene) in a narrow mounting area along a panel edge, and other threads of lower tenacity in other areas of the panel (and preferably in the mounting area as well), the threads being preferably weft-knitted with nine by nine thread count throughout.

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