US 12,613,044 B1Granted

Roof vent

OwnerJonathan Leonardinventor

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Abstract

A base having an air passageway there through, coupled to a stack having a pair of side walls and rear wall and a forward wall forming an air passageway. The stack is coupled to the base, and a dome being coupled to the stack. The dome has an air passageway there through. the dome having a plurality of hinge holes there through. The roof vent has a flap b which is rotatably coupled to the dome. The flap has a plurality of hinges which couple the flap to the dome.

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A rotating flap roof vent comprising, in combination:

a base having an upper surface and a lower surface with a thickness there between, the base having a forward edge and a pair of parallel side edges, being a left side edge and a right side edge, and a rearward edge, the base having an air passageway there through;
a stack having a pair of upwardly directed side walls, the stack having a left side wall with the left side wall of the stack having an upper extent and a lower extent, the stack left side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having a right side wall having an upper extent and a lower extent, the right side wall of the stack having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having an upwardly directed rear wall, the rear wall of the stack having an upper extent and a lower extent, the rear wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having a forward wall, the forward wall having an upper extent and a lower extent, the forward wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the lower extent of the right side wall and the lower extent of the left side wall and the lower extent of the rear wall and the lower extent of the forward wall each being continuous with the upper surface of the base, the stack having an air passageway there through;
a dome having an arcuate configuration, the dome having a pair of upwardly directed side walls, being a dome right side wall having a lower extent and an upper extent with a second height there between, the right side wall of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the dome having a left side wall having a lower extent and an upper extent with the second height there between, the left side wall of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the dome having an arcuately configured top, the arcuately configured top of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between, the arcuately configured top of the dome having a rearward edge and forward edge with a first arcuately configured length there between, the forward edge of the dome having a plurality of hinge holes there through;
the inner surface of the dome left side wall and the inner surface of the dome right side wall and the inner surface of the dome arcuately configured top forming an air passageway through the dome, the dome left side wall and the dome right side wall and the dome arcuately configured top being coupled to the stack;
a flap being fabricated of a flexible material, the flap forward portion having two pairs of fixed curved hinges being a first pair of hinges and a second pair of hinges, the first pair of curved hinges each having a stop extension which limits rotation of the flap, the flap being rotatably movable about the two pairs of fixed curved hinges with the hinges being rotatably coupled to a flange of the forward edge of the dome;
the first pair of the fixed curved hinges having a rearwardly directed C-shaped configuration with a rearwardly directed opening, with each of the first pair of fixed curved hinges having the rearwardly directed stop extension to limit flap movement;
the second pair of fixed curved hinges having a forwardly directed C-shaped configuration with a forwardly directed opening, the pairs of fixed curved hinges of the forward portion of the flap having opposed openings with the orientation of the openings being described when the flap is in a downward orientation;
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an internal baffle having a curved configuration with an inner surface and an outer surface and a thickness there between, the internal baffle having a pair of mounting hooks for coupling the baffle to the at least one baffle mounting protrusion of the left dome side wall interior surface and to an at least one baffle mounting protrusion of the right dome side wall interior surface.

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A rotating flap roof vent comprising, in combination:

a base having an air passageway there through;
a stack having a pair of side walls and rear wall and a forward wall, the stack having an air passageway there through, the stack being coupled to the base;
a dome being coupled to the stack, the dome having an inner surface with the inner surface forming an air passageway through the dome, the dome having a plurality of hinge holes there through;
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a flap being rotatably coupled to the dome, the flap having a plurality of fixed curved hinges which couple the flap to the dome, the flap having two pairs of fixed curved hinges with each of the curved hinges having a stop extension, each of the curved hinges being received by and rotatably mated with the plurality of hinge holes of a flange which is coupled to the dome so as to allow the flap to rotate from an open orientation to a closed orientation, turning through an arc of the range of minus thirty degrees and positive ninety degrees measured from a line perpendicular to the upper surface of the base;
a baffle;
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a screen, the baffle and screen being coupled to the dome.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

A rotating flap roof vent comprising, in combination:

a base having an upper surface and a lower surface with a thickness there between, the base having a forward edge and a pair of parallel side edges, being a left side edge and a right side edge, and a rearward edge, the base having an air passageway there through;
a stack having a pair of upwardly directed side walls, the stack having a left side wall with the left side wall of the stack having an upper extent and a lower extent, the stack left side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having a right side wall having an upper extent and a lower extent, the right side wall of the stack having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having an upwardly directed rear wall, the rear wall of the stack having an upper extent and a lower extent, the rear wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the stack having a forward wall, the forward wall having an upper extent and a lower extent, the forward wall having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the lower extent of the right side wall and the lower extent of the left side wall and the lower extent of the rear wall and the lower extent of the forward wall each being continuous with the upper surface of the base, the stack having an air passageway there through;
a dome having an arcuate configuration, the dome having a pair of upwardly directed side walls, being a dome right side wall having a lower extent and an upper extent with a second height there between, the right side wall of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the dome having a left side wall having a lower extent and an upper extent with the second height there between, the left side wall of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between;
the dome having an arcuately configured top, the arcuately configured top of the dome having an inner surface and an outer surface with a thickness there between, the arcuately configured top of the dome having a rearward edge and forward edge with a first arcuately configured length there between, the forward edge of the dome having a plurality of hinge holes there through;
the inner surface of the dome left side wall and the inner surface of the dome right side wall and the inner surface of the dome arcuately configured top forming an air passageway through the dome, the dome left side wall and the dome right side wall and the dome arcuately configured top being coupled to the stack;
a flap being fabricated of a flexible material, the flap forward portion having two pairs of fixed curved hinges being a first pair of hinges and a second pair of hinges, the first pair of curved hinges each having a stop extension which limits rotation of the flap, the flap being rotatably movable about the two pairs of fixed curved hinges with the hinges being rotatably coupled to a flange of the forward edge of the dome;
the first pair of the fixed curved hinges having a rearwardly directed C-shaped configuration with a rearwardly directed opening, with each of the first pair of fixed curved hinges having the rearwardly directed stop extension to limit flap movement;
the second pair of fixed curved hinges having a forwardly directed C-shaped configuration with a forwardly directed opening, the pairs of fixed curved hinges of the forward portion of the flap having opposed openings with the orientation of the openings being described when the flap is in a downward orientation;
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an internal baffle having a curved configuration with an inner surface and an outer surface and a thickness there between, the internal baffle having a pair of mounting hooks for coupling the baffle to the at least one baffle mounting protrusion of the left dome side wall interior surface and to an at least one baffle mounting protrusion of the right dome side wall interior surface.

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