US 12,442,190 B2
Roofing materials having a water channel and an attachment tab and methods of making and installing thereof
Soufiane Mohand Kaci, Lincoln Park, NJ (US); Kevin Peter McGrath, Denville, NJ (US); and Eric R. Anderson, Montclair, NJ (US)
Assigned to BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by BMIC LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/948,975.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/600,356, filed on Nov. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0163701 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. E04D 1/34 (2006.01); E04D 1/00 (2006.01); E04D 1/02 (2006.01); E04D 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 1/34 (2013.01) [E04D 1/2916 (2019.08); E04D 1/2949 (2019.08); E04D 1/02 (2013.01); E04D 1/22 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3447 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3458 (2013.01); E04D 2001/3464 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roofing material comprising:
a top edge;
a bottom edge that is opposite to the top edge;
a first side edge;
a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge;
a water channel that extends along the first side edge, from the top edge to the bottom edge of the roofing material; and
a first attachment tab that is disposed on the first side edge at a position that is adjacent to and offset from the bottom edge of the roofing material; and
a second attachment tab that is disposed on the second side edge at a position that is adjacent to and colinear with the bottom edge of the roofing material and opposite to the first attachment tab disposed on the first side edge.