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US 2006/0185249 A1Published application
Roof vent
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorsJohn Whittlesea, Simon Blaney
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Abstract
The present invention relates to roof vents and particularly roof vents which can be slid relative to the roof on which they are mounted. The roof vent has a simple mechanism, and is sealable to prevent the ingress of water through the roof vent.
Claims34
A roof vent comprising:
- a first frame having an opening and an upstanding wall around at least a part of the opening,
- a sash frame mounted on the first frame, the sash frame having a downturned wall, and being movable from a first position in which the sash frame closes the opening in the first frame in a watertight manner, to a second position in which at least a part of the sash frame is raised above the upstanding wall of the first frame, and
- a slide having a first portion mounted on the first frame and a second portion connected to the sash frame via at least one connector,
- the at least one connector being shaped to interact with an engagement element of the first frame such that:
- movement of the second portion of the slide relative to the first portion of the slide in a first direction causes the connector to move over the engagement element of the first frame and at least a portion of the sash frame to be raised above the upstanding wall, and further movement in the first direction causes the sash frame to slide relative to the first frame to open the vent;
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- movement of the second portion of the slide relative to the first portion of the slide in a second direction causes the sash frame to slide relative to the first frame to close the vent and further movement in the second direction causes the connector to move over the engagement element of the first frame to lower said sash frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.