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US 11,946,263 B2Granted
Roof vent with contoured foot
AssigneeGolden Rule Fasteners, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Archie McDow, Jr., David Campbell McDow
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Abstract
A roof vent for a contoured metal surface. The roof vent includes a base or foot having one or more recessed channels that extend between opposing edges of the foot. The recessed channels are sized and shaped to receive correspondingly shaped ridges of the contoured metal roof surface.
Claims15
A roof vent for attachment to a contoured metal roof, comprising:
- a foot having a top surface and a bottom surface and further including:
- an aperture disposed within a periphery of the foot and extending through the foot between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- first and second pan sections, wherein lower surfaces of the first and second pan sections are disposed in a common reference plane;
- and
- a first rib section disposed between the first and second pan sections, wherein a lower surface of the first rib section is recessed relative to the common reference plane forming a recessed channel in the bottom surface of the foot extending between opposing edges of the foot, wherein an upper surface of the first rib section forms a ridge on the top surface of the foot;
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- an annular collar having a lower edge affixed about a periphery of the aperture and extending above the top surface of the foot;
- and
- a cap configured to extend over a hollow interior of the collar,
- wherein the cap has an upper surface that extends over the hollow interior of the collar and at least one sidewall surface extending from the upper surface, wherein the sidewall surface surrounds at least a portion of the collar,
- wherein a lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap attaches to the upper surface of the foot and wherein the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap includes at least one notch configured to receive the ridge on the top surface of the foot, and
- wherein a flange extends from the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap, and wherein the flange is sized to fit within one of the first and second pan sections.
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A roof vent for attachment to a contoured metal roof, comprising;
- a foot having a top surface and a bottom surface and further including:
- a plurality of flat sections having lower surfaces disposed in a common reference plane;
- a plurality of ridges, wherein one ridge is disposed between each pair of adjacent flat sections and wherein each ridge has an upper surface that extends above the common reference plane and a lower surface that is recessed below the common reference plane to define a recessed channel in the bottom surface of the foot that extends between opposing edges of the foot;
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- an aperture disposed within a periphery of the foot and extending through the foot between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- and
- an annular collar having a lower edge affixed about a periphery of the aperture and extending above the top surface of the foot;
- and
- a cap configured to extend over a hollow interior of the collar,
- wherein the cap has an upper surface that extends over a hollow interior of the collar and at least one sidewall surface extending from the upper surface, wherein the sidewall surface surrounds at least a portion of the collar,
- wherein a lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap attaches to the top surface of the foot and wherein the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap includes at least one notch configured to receive a ridge of the foot, and
- wherein a flange extends from the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap, and
- wherein the flange is sized to fit within the recessed channel.
10 more elements
A roof vent for attachment to a contoured metal roof, comprising:
- a foot having a top surface and a bottom surface and further including:
- an aperture disposed within a periphery of the foot and extending through the foot between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- first and second pan sections, wherein lower surfaces of the first and second pan sections are disposed in a common reference plane;
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- a first rib section disposed between the first and second pan sections, wherein a lower surface of the first rib section is recessed relative to the common reference plane forming a recessed channel in the bottom surface of the foot extending between opposing edges of the foot, wherein an upper surface of the first rib section forms a ridge on the top surface of the foot;
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- an annular collar having a lower edge affixed about a periphery of the aperture and extending above the top surface of the foot;
- and
- a cap configured to extend over a hollow interior of the collar,
- wherein the cap has an upper surface that extends over the hollow interior of the collar and at least one sidewall surface extending from the upper surface, wherein the sidewall surface surrounds at least a portion of the collar,
- wherein a lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap attaches to the upper surface of the foot and wherein the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap includes at least one notch configured to receive the ridge on the top surface of the foot,
- wherein a flange extends from the lower edge of the sidewall surface of the cap, and wherein the flange is sized to fit within one of the first and second pan sections;
- and
- wherein the first and second pan sections are not flat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.