Shingle with interlocking water diverter tabs
A shingle includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper end, a lower end, a first side, and a second side. The body has a width defined as the distance between the first and second sides and a length defined by the distance between the upper and lower ends. In a preferred embodiment, the shingle also includes a water diverter tab attached to the first side for channeling water onto the top surface of a lower adjacent shingle, and a recess adjacent to the second side for receiving the water diverter tab of a laterally adjacent shingle in an interlocking manner. An anchor tab attached to the second side secures the lower ends of adjacent, interlocked shingles.
1. A method for installing shingles, the method comprising:
securing a first shingle to an underlying surface by inserting at least one fastener through an upper end of the first shingle and at least one fastener through an anchor tab extending from a first side of the first shingle;
interlocking a second shingle with the first shingle by inserting a water diverter tab extending from a second side of the second shingle into a water diverter tab recess of the first side of the first shingle, wherein the water diverter tab comprises a base, and wherein the anchor tab of the first shingle and the base of the water diverter tab of the second shingle cooperatively form a substantially continuous gutter between the first shingle and the second shingle when the second shingle is interlocked with the second shingle; wherein the interlocking step further comprises nesting the anchor tab of the first shingle in an anchor tab opening of the second shingle; and
securing the second shingle to the underlying surface by inserting at least one fastener through an upper end of the second shingle and at least one fastener through an anchor tab extending from a first side of the second shingle.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interlocking step further comprises nesting the anchor tab of the first shingle in an anchor tab opening of the second shingle.
3. A roofing system comprising a plurality of shingles, each shingle comprising:
a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper end, a lower end, a first side, and a second side;
wherein the first side comprises an anchor tab;
wherein the second side comprises a water diverter tab for interlocking each of the plurality of shingles with a laterally adjacent one of the plurality of shingles and wherein the second side comprises an anchor tab opening adapted to receive the anchor tab of a laterally adjacent one of the plurality of the shingles, the water diverter tab comprising a base;
wherein the anchor tab of a first of the plurality of shingles and the base of the water diverter tab of a second of the plurality of shingles cooperatively form a substantially continuous gutter between the first shingle and the second shingle when the first side of the first shingle is interlocked with the second side of the second shingle.
4. The roofing system of claim 3 , wherein the water diverter tab of each of the plurality of shingles further comprises an upwardly projecting lip.
5. The roofing system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of shingles further comprises a plurality of braces extending downward from the body.
6. The roofing system of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of braces comprise a wedge-shaped portion.
7. The roofing system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of shingles further comprises a cross-bar extending downward from the body.
8. A roofing system comprising a plurality of shingles, each of the plurality of shingles comprising:
a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper end, a lower end, a first side, and a second side;
wherein the first side comprises a water diverter tab, the water diverter tab comprising a base and an upwardly projecting lip;
wherein the second side comprises an anchor tab configured to receive a fastener;
wherein the first side comprises an anchor tab opening configured to receive an anchor tab;
wherein the second side comprises an anchor tab opening configured to receive a water diverter tab; and
wherein the anchor tab of a first of the plurality of shingles and the base of the water diverter tab of a laterally adjacent second of the plurality of shingles cooperatively form a substantially continuous gutter when the first shingle is interlocked with the second shingle.