Below top of wall ventilation screed device and assembly
AssigneeAlabama Metal Industries Corporation
InventorsGary George Baltz, Jr., Frederic C. Mayer, Jr.
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Abstract
A ventilation screed having an upper attachment flange having a top portion and a bottom portion and at least one opening in the top portion; a drip edge protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange; a drainage cavity protrusion protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange above the drip edge, wherein the drainage cavity has an L-shaped drainage trough portion having at least one drainage opening in a bottom portion, an upper ground portion in communication with the L-shaped drainage trough portion and a drainage cavity shroud in communication with the upper ground portion, wherein the drainage cavity shroud extends past the drip edge.
Claims21
A ventilation screed comprising:
- an upper attachment flange having a top portion and a bottom portion and at least one opening in the top portion;
- a drip edge protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange;
- a drainage cavity protrusion protruding from the bottom portion of the upper attachment flange above the drip edge, wherein the drainage cavity protrusion has an L-shaped drainage trough portion having at least one drainage opening in a bottom portion and a substantially vertical portion with a top end and a bottom end in communication with the bottom portion, an upper ground portion in communication with the top end of the substantially vertical portion of the L-shaped drainage trough portion extending outward from the vertical portion and being substantially perpendicular to the substantially vertical portion and a drainage cavity shroud extending substantially downward from the upper ground portion, wherein the drainage cavity shroud extends past the drip edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.