Ridge cap with asphaltic foam materials
AssigneeDevpat, LLC
InventorsGeorge F. Thagard, III, Casey G. Tzeng
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Abstract
A ridge cap includes a lower surface adapted to be placed in contact with a roof of a building, a weather protective upper surface, and first and second side sections connected to each other. The first side section is disposed at one side of a longitudinal axis and the second side section is disposed at the other side of the longitudinal axis. The ridge cap further includes an elastomeric strip and a metal strip. The elastomeric strip extends along the longitudinal axis and connects the first side section and the second side section to be of unitary construction with the first and second side sections. The metal strip backing extends along the longitudinal axis and supports the elastomeric strip.
Claims22
A ridge cap comprising:
- a lower surface adapted to be placed to face a roof;
- a weather protective upper surface;
- a longitudinal axis;
- first and second side sections connected to each other, wherein the first side section is disposed at one side of the longitudinal axis and the second side section is disposed at the other side of the longitudinal axis;
- an elastomeric strip extending along the longitudinal axis and connecting the first side section and the second side section;
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- a metal strip backing extending along the longitudinal axis and disposed over the elastomeric strip, wherein the elastomeric strip and the metal strip backing together form a hinge about which the first and second side sections are pivotable with respect to each other.
A method of reducing the formation of crack on the upper surface of a ridge cap comprising disposing a metal strip backing along a bending axis of the ridge cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.