SHINGLE WITH SHARPLY DEFINED TABS SEPARATED BY SLOTS AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

A shingle is provided and its method of manufacture, in which granules areapplied to an upper surface of a hardenable coating on a layer of shingle-making material,with granules of different pre-selected visual aesthetics provided indifferent tab areas,separated by mixtures of granules from adjacent tab areas forming intermediateareas,and in which the intermediate areas are removed to yield slots separatingadjacent tabs,leaving visually sharp, precise starting and ending delineations for the tabsof a givenaesthetic, that can be the same as or different than the aesthetic of anadjacent tab.