Electrically heated roof drip edge strip

Claim 1

A tapered drip edge strip for a shingled roof, said strip including a first layer to be secured to the roof and so dimensioned that a major transverse portion will underlie the first course of shingles, said major portion to be nailed to the roof through the upper part thereof, and a minor transverse portion will be exposed beyond the butt ends of the shingles thereof, said first layer a relatively thick plastic extrusion that is a poor thermal conductor, said first layer tapered with the lower edge the thicker edge, and a relatively thin second layer dimensioned to underlie said first course and to overlie said major portion of said first layer and sealable thereto, and one of said layers having a series of parallel channels located to closed by the other layer, each channel dimensioned to accommodate a heating cable course, said series spaced relative to the upper and lower edges of said major portion to enable the two layers to be sealed together, at least on the lower side of said series to secure the second layer to the attached first layer.