Framing assembly
OwnerThomas G. Freininventor
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Abstract
A framing assembly has at least one rafter vent assembly having a connecting member with a plurality of vent tubes for providing supplemental ventilation and additional structural support to a frame of a building structure. The at least one rafter vent assembly may be an interior rafter vent assembly or an exterior rafter vent assembly. The interior rafter vent assembly has at least one brace member and a connecting member, with the connecting member having a connecting plate, two end plates, and the plurality of vent tubes. The exterior rafter vent assembly has the connecting member that has a connecting plate and the plurality of vent tubes. The framing assembly also preferably has a plurality of modified structural insulated panels (SIPs) and modified rafter splines.
Claims20
A framing assembly for a roof of a building frame, the framing assembly comprising:
- a. at least one rafter vent assembly comprising a connecting member comprising a connecting plate and a plurality of vent tubes, with the connecting plate of the connecting member comprising two side members configured to form a peak, with the peak of the two side members of the connecting plate being selectively determined at an angle based on a desired pitch of the roof of the building frame, and with each of the plurality of vent tubes of the connecting member upstanding from the connecting plate;
- b. wherein the connecting member is coupled at an apex of two abutting roof panels of the building frame, with the plurality of vent tubes of the connecting member providing supplemental ventilation and air circulation to allow venting of excess moisture from inside the building frame to an exterior environment, to minimize ridge rot, and to provide supplemental support to the building frame.
A framing assembly for a roof of a building frame, the framing assembly comprising at least one interior rafter vent assembly, each of the at least one interior rafter vent assemblies comprising:
- a. two brace members, each of the two brace members comprising a brace body and a brace flange;
- with the brace flange extending from the brace body at an angle that is selectively determined by the desired pitch of the roof of the building frame, with the brace flange defining at least one bore therethrough, and with the brace flange extending outwardly from the coupling of the each of the two brace members and the two respective roof panels of the building frame;
- and with the brace body of each of the two brace members being insertable between a core and an inner skin of two respective roof panels of the building frame and fastened thereto to form an assembled panel-brace member;
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- b. a connecting member comprising two end plates, a connecting plate, and a plurality of vent tubes;
- with each of the two end plates being affixed to and sandwiching opposing ends of the connecting plate, and with each of the two end plates being fastened to a respective roof rafter spline support member section of the building frame and abutting against respective opposing ends of the roof panel of the assembled panel-brace members;
- with the connecting plate comprising two side members configured to form a peak, with the peak of the connecting plate being selectively determined at an angle based on a desired pitch of the roof of the building frame, and with each of the plurality of vent tubes upstanding from the connecting plate;
- c. wherein the connecting member is coupled underneath the apex of two abutting assembled panel-brace members of the building frame, with each of the at least one bore of the brace flange of the brace member of the assembled panel-brace member being slidably insertable over each of the plurality of vent tubes of the connecting member so that the plurality of vent tubes is positioned between a gap in the apex of two abutting assembled panel-brace members of the building frame;
- and wherein the plurality of vent tubes of the connecting member provides supplemental ventilation and air circulation to allow venting of excess moisture from inside the building frame to an exterior environment, to minimize ridge rot, and to provide supplemental support to the building frame.
A framing assembly for a roof of a building frame, the framing assembly comprising at least one exterior rafter vent assembly, the at least one exterior rafter vent assembly comprising a connecting member comprising:
- a. a connecting plate comprising two side members configured to form a peak, with the peak of the two side members being selectively determined at an angle based on a desired pitch of the roof of the building frame;
- and with the connecting plate being positioned over an outer skin of two abutting roof panels of the building frame and the apex of the building frame, and attached thereto with a plurality of connecting fasteners;
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- b. a plurality of vent tubes, with each of the plurality of vent tubes of the connecting member upstanding from the connecting plate;
- and with the plurality of vent tubes aligned over the apex of the building frame for supplemental ventilation and air circulation to allow venting of excess moisture from inside the building frame to an exterior environment, to minimize ridge rot, and to provide supplemental support to the building frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.