Self-sealing shingle

Claim 1

IN A BUNDLE OF SHINGLES THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STACKS OF SHINGLES, SAID STACKS BEING FORMED OF A MULTIPLICITY OF IDENTICAL SHINGLES IN OVERLYING FACE TO BACK RELATION, EACH OF SAID SHINGLES COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BODY PORTION HAVING GENERALLY PARALLEL LONGITUDINAL EDGES WITH, IN A STACK DIRECTION, AN UPPER FACE SURFACE AND A LOWER BACK SURFACE, A MULTIPLICITY OF BUTT PORTIONS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY PORTION AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM SAID BODY PORTION, LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ADHESIVE HAVING TRANSVERSE EXTREMITIES ADHERENT TO SAID BODY PORTION ON SAID FACE SURFACES, BOTH SAID TRANSVERSE EXTREMITIES BEING ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF EACH OF SAID SHINGLES, AND A CENTRALLY LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING LAYER OF ANTISTICK MATERIAL HAVING TRANSVERSE EXTREMITIES ADHERENT TO SAID BODY PORTION ON SAID BACK SURFACES, THE TRANSVERSE EXTREMITIES OF SAID ADHESIVE BEING RESPECTIVELY A FIRST TRANSVERSE DISTANCE FROM THE NEARER THERETO LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE SHINGLE AND A SECOND TRANSVERSE DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID SHINGLE, THE TRANSVERSE EXTREMITIES OF SAID LAYER OF ANTISTICK MATERIAL BEING RESPECTIVELY A THIRD TRANSVERSE DISTANCE FROM THE NEARER THERETO LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE SHINGLE AND A FOURTH TRANSVERSE DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID SHINGLE, SAID FIRST TRANSVERSE DISTANCE BEING DIFFERENT FROM SAID SECOND TRANSVERSE DISTANCE, AND EACH OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH TRANSVERSE DISTANCES BEING NO GREATER THAN THE SMALLER OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSVERSE DISTANCES, EACH OF SAID SHINGLES HAVING ITS ADHESIVE ON THE SAME SURFACE, ALL OF SAID SHINGLES OF A STACK HAVING BUTT PORTIONS EXTENDING IN THE SAME TRANSVERSE DIRECTION, THE BUTT PORTIONS OF ALL OF SAID SHINGLES OF A STACK EXTENDING IN ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION AND THE BUTT PORTIONS OF ALL OF SAID SHINGLES OF ANOTHER STACK EXTENDING IN THE OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION, AND SAID LAYER OF ANTISTICK MATERIAL OF A SAID SHINGLE CONTACTING SAID ADHESIVE OF AN ADJOINING SAID SHINGLE THEREBELOW IN SAID STACK, WHEREBY SHINGLES OF A STACK MAY BE EXPEDITIOUSLY APPLIED ON A ROOF, AND STRESS ON SAID ADHESIVE IN A BUNDLE IS REDUCED.