Ventilation baffle skirt
AssigneeWESCO Distribution, Inc.
InventorJoseph Clinton Campbell
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Abstract
A ventilation baffle skirt for construction of a manufactured home has two or more truss slots separated by a regularly spaced interval, as well as a plurality of truss overhangs with each of the plurality of truss overhangs connected to one of the two or more truss slots. Each of the truss overhangs are connected to a corresponding one of the two or more truss slots at a top portion. The ventilation baffle skirt may have the regularly spaced interval equal to one half or one third of a distance between trusses a roof structure in a manufactured home. The ventilation baffle skirt may be used with a ventilation baffle to retain insulation material in an enclosed space while providing an air gap for air circulation in the area beneath a roof.
Claims22
A ventilation baffle skirt comprising:
- a sheet of material with two or more truss slots separated by a distance measured from a center of each truss slot, the ventilation baffle skirt comprising:
- a plurality of truss overhangs, each of the plurality of truss overhangs connected to one of the two or more truss slots, wherein each of the plurality of truss overhangs is connected to a corresponding one of the two or more truss slots at a top portion located within a top side of the sheet material, wherein each truss overhang has a first height and a portion of the sheet material between two truss overhangs has a second height that is less than the first height such that between the two truss overhangs the top portion is spaced from the top side of the sheet material.
A system comprising:
- a ventilation baffle;
- and
- a ventilation baffle skirt comprising a sheet material, the ventilation baffle skirt having two or more truss overhang/slot assemblies which complement two or more truss channels of the ventilation baffle;
- wherein a truss overhang/slot assembly is defined by a combination of a truss slot and a truss overhang, wherein the truss overhang is connected to a corresponding truss slot at a top portion located within a top side of the sheet material, wherein each overhang/slot assembly has a first height and a portion of the sheet material between two overhang/slot assemblies has a second height that is less than the first height such that between the two overhang/slot assemblies the top portion is spaced from the top side of the sheet material.
A method of making a ventilation baffle skirt, the method comprising:
- forming a ventilation baffle skirt having a sheet of material with:
- two or more truss slots separated by a distance measured from a center of each truss slot, and a plurality of truss overhangs, each of the plurality of truss overhangs connected to one of the two or more truss slots, from a material comprising:
- a fibrous material;
- a cardboard material;
- fiberglass;
- a plastic;
- a recycled material;
- a recycled plastic;
- a composite material;
- or a metal material, wherein each of the plurality of truss overhangs is connected to a corresponding one of the two or more truss slots at a top portion located within a top side of the sheet material, wherein each truss overhang has a first height and a portion of the sheet material between two truss overhangs has a second height that is less than the first height such that between the two truss overhangs the top portion is spaced from the top side of the sheet material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.