US 11,920,348 B2
Roof tile and a roof covering
Claudio Caselli, Dallas, TX (US); Rahul Patki, Dallas, TX (US); Terry Adams, Dallas, TX (US); and Raul Rodriguez, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Dal-Tile, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/792,606
Filed by Dal-Tile Corporation, Dallas, TX (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017170
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/163009, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,363, filed on Feb. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067437 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E04D 1/16 (2006.01); E04D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 1/16 (2013.01) [E04D 1/2918 (2019.08); E04D 1/2956 (2019.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roof tile comprising a ceramic body, a reinforcing element attached to a lower surface of the ceramic body, and a support layer attached below the reinforcing element, wherein the reinforcing element consists of a resin, wherein the resin covers 80 percent or more of the lower surface of the ceramic body, wherein the support layer comprises a rigid polymer with embedded fiberglass, wherein the support layer comprises coupling parts adapted to provide for attachment of the roof tile to a roof framework, and wherein the coupling parts provide for a click-type or snap-type coupling.