Patent-pending roofing material

The look of shingles.
The speed of a roll.

A mineral-surfaced, self-adhering roll roofing engineered to look like 3-tab and architectural asphalt shingles — so a roof goes on in continuous courses but finishes like a premium shingle roof.

SELF-ADHERING WHOLE-ROOF CAPABLE 36-IN ROLL
A roll of the shingle-pattern roofing material unrolling to reveal an architectural-shingle surface.
01 / What it is

Roll roofing, reimagined to look like shingles

Roll roofing has always been the fast, economical way to cover a roof — but it reads as utilitarian, so it stays off the visible parts of homes. Asphalt shingles deliver the look people want, but they go on piece by piece and individual tabs are the first thing to lift in a storm.

Roll Roofing Design closes that gap. It's built the way conventional roll roofing is made — a felt or fiberglass mat, asphalt-saturated and granule-surfaced — but the top surface is printed and textured to read as real 3-tab and architectural shingles, with the shingle pattern engineered to register course-to-course so the finished roof looks like a true shingle roof, not a sheet.

The result: the appearance homeowners pay for, applied at roll-roofing speed and economy.

Patent figure showing the roll unfurling into a shingle pattern.
Patent-pending design · roll unfurls to a finished shingle surface
The opportunity

One product, the best of both

What's been missing is the look of shingles at the speed and economy of a roll.

Roll roofing today
  • Fast and inexpensive
  • Sheds water on low slopes
  • Utilitarian — kept off visible roofs
Asphalt shingles
  • The look people want
  • Installed piece by piece
  • Tabs lift in high wind
Roll Roofing Design
  • Looks like shingles
  • Installs like a roll
  • Fully adhered — no tabs to lift
02 / How it works

Goes on like a roll. Finishes like shingles.

STEP 01

Rolls out in courses

Full-width courses run along the eave and work up to the ridge, covering the field far faster than laying shingles one at a time.

STEP 02

Self-adheres to the deck

A peel-and-stick back bonds the material fully to the roof. With no individual tabs to catch the wind, it sidesteps the most common shingle failure.

STEP 03

Pattern stays aligned

The shingle pattern is engineered to register course-to-course, so the staggered look reads continuously across the whole roof.

03 / Patterns & colorways

Both shingle looks, multiple colorways

Choose the classic 3-tab or the dimensional architectural look, with shadow lines built into the print for real depth.

Illustrative renders of the printed, granulated surface — not photographs.

Why it matters

Built to install faster and hold up better

Faster installation

Continuous courses cover the field in a fraction of the time, with a smaller crew.

Better wind performance

Fully adhered, with no individual tabs to lift — the dominant shingle failure mode.

Premium appearance

A convincing architectural-shingle look at roll-roofing economics.

Whole-roof capable

Engineered to go across the entire roof surface, not just low-slope sections.

04 / Specifications

The details

Format
Self-adhering mineral-surfaced roll
Roll size
~36 in wide × ~36 ft (typical)
Core
Felt or fiberglass mat, asphalt-saturated
Surface
Granule-surfaced, textured shingle print
Patterns
3-tab · Architectural (dimensional)
Colorways
Charcoal · Weathered Wood · Slate
Adhesion
Self-adhered (peel-and-stick)
Fastening
Concealed lap fasteners for steep / high wind
Slope range
Low-slope through steep — whole-roof
IP status
Patent pending

Specifications describe the design concept and are subject to final product engineering and testing.

How it compares

Against the two things it replaces

Roll Roofing DesignTraditional roll roofingAsphalt shingles
AppearanceShingle lookUtilitarianShingle look
Install methodContinuous coursesContinuous coursesPiece by piece
Relative install speedFastFastSlow
Wind-vulnerable tabsNone — fully adheredNoneIndividual tabs
Across the whole roofYesTypically low-slopeYes
For manufacturers

Available to license

A patent-pending material designed to be produced on existing roll and modified-bitumen lines — seeking a manufacturing and distribution partner to bring it to market.

InventorClint Winter
StatusPatent pending
ProductionExisting roll / mod-bit lines
SeekingLicense + distribution partner