US 12,227,947 B2
Cap shingles for roofing systems
Jeffrey S. Avitabile, Fair Lawn, NJ (US); Luis Duque, Hackensack, NJ (US); Ming-Liang Shiao, Collegeville, PA (US); and Olan T. Leitch, Mt. Juliet, TN (US)
Assigned to BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/610,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/453,644, filed on Mar. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318430 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. E04D 1/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/16 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 5/30 (2006.01); E04D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 1/30 (2013.01) [B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/16 (2013.01); B32B 5/24 (2013.01); B32B 5/30 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2255/28 (2013.01); B32B 2419/06 (2013.01); E04D 2001/005 (2013.01); E04D 2001/305 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap shingle comprising:
at least one layer of shingle material including:
a front edge,
a rear edge,
an upper surface having a headlap portion adjacent to the rear edge and an exposure portion adjacent to the front edge,
a plurality of granules applied to the headlap portion and the exposure portion, and
a lower surface;
wherein the at least one layer of shingle material is configured to bend in an arc along an axis extending in a direction from the rear edge to the front edge for installation along a ridge, hip, or cap of a roof;
a sealant applied along the lower surface of the at least one layer of shingle material; and
a sealant attachment zone positioned along the upper surface of the at least one layer of shingle material between the headlap portion and the exposure portion;
wherein the sealant attachment zone is configured to contact a sealant applied along a lower surface of a next cap shingle installed along the ridge, hip or cap of the roof to promote adhesion between the upper surface of the cap shingle and the sealant of the next cap shingle installed along the ridge, hip or cap of the roof;
wherein the sealant attachment zone comprises:
an exposed portion of the upper surface having no granules; or
a surfacing media applied to the upper surface, wherein the surfacing media comprises a plurality of particles that differ from the granules applied to the headlap portion and the exposure portion and comprise sand, granule fines, composite particles, stone dust, talc, polymer particles, rubber particles, wax, or combinations thereof.