Construction venting strip
OwnerPhilip J Busbyinventor
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Abstract
A construction venting strip to be placed at the interfaces between framing members that enclose a space. The strip acts as a conduit for the passage of air across it; prevents water from pooling on the surface of underlying framing members; seals penetrations passing through the strip and into the underlying framing members; acts as a thermal break; and may be used as a furring or shim strip. It is a linear strip of polymer with a side locating flange and a waterproof, self-sealing strip in its bottom face, The top face of the strip base has spaced pads extending therefrom with air passage channels there between. The air passage channels are configured for angular cut lines.
Claims10
A construction venting strip, comprising:
- a linear, planar, base strip made of a polymer, said base strip having a width, a length, a linear axis, two parallel linear edges, a planar top face and a planar bottom face, said top face having an area;
- a series of equal height support fins extending from said top face;
- a venting space defined there between said support fins extending across said width of said strip;
- wherein said planar base strip and said support fins are made of a polymer having a hardness in the Shore A Durometer scale range of 60-80, and
- wherein said support fins are arranged in a repeating pattern that incorporates six cut lines across the width of said construction venting strip.
A construction venting strip, comprising:
- a linear, planar, base strip made of a polymer, said base strip having a width, a length, a linear axis, two parallel linear edges, a planar top face and a planar bottom face, said top face having an area;
- a series of equal height cylindrical support fins extending from said top face;
- a venting space defined there between said support fins extending across said width of said strip;
- a two faced adhesive strip having an upper side and a lower side, said upper side affixed to said bottom face of said base strip;
- a waterproof, polymer strip affixed to said lower side of said two faced adhesive strip;
- at least one locating edge extending normally from said planar bottom face along one of said two parallel edges;
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- wherein said planar base strip and said support fins are made of a polymer having a hardness in the Shore A Durometer scale range of 60-80;
- wherein said cylindrical supports are arranged in a repeating pattern that incorporates six cut lines across the width of said construction venting strip, said cut lines residing sequentially at 45 degrees, 22.5 degrees, 0 degrees, 0 degrees, 337.5 degrees and 315 degrees radially from a midpoint of said repeating pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.