US Patent Issued to BMIC on March 24 for "Roofing shingles with registered self-seal strip patterns" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,314, issued on March 24, was assigned to BMIC LLC (Dallas).

"Roofing shingles with registered self-seal strip patterns" was invented by Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shingles have self-seal strips with features that include sealant dashes or dots separated by drainage gaps. The self-seal strips are registered with each shingle so that the features are positioned at the same locations on each shingle. A method of making such shingles includes synchronizing the rotation of sealant applicator wheels with the shingle chop cutter so that cuts are made at repeated designated locations along the applied s...