Low-Resistance, Discharge-Vent Soffit Frame
OwnerJoseph Peter Naganinventor
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Abstract
One version of the invention is a low-resistance, discharge-vent soffit frame. The inventive frame is deployed as part of a ventilation system in which air is discharged outside a building, such as a home. The frame includes a hollow connector having an intake opening and an output opening, through which air is directed to the home's exterior. The discharge-vent soffit frame typically includes two adjustable members—one on either side of the hollow connector—that attach between the eaves and side of a building. A low-resistance, discharge-vent soffit frame of the present invention is installed before, not after, a soffit is installed between the eaves of a building and the building side from which the eaves project.
Claims20
A low-resistance, discharge-vent soffit frame comprising:
- a hollow connector having an intake opening and an output opening,
- a first adjustable member attached to the hollow connector, the first adjustable member having a first mounting element at one end of the first adjustable member and a second mounting element at the opposing end of the first adjustable member;
- and
- a second adjustable member attached to the hollow connector, the second adjustable member having a first mounting element at one end of the second adjustable member and a second mounting element at the opposing end of the second adjustable member.
A method of installing a bathroom ventilation system in a building having both a bathroom and a roof that defines eaves extending from a building side, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a low-resistance, discharge-vent soffit frame comprising:
- a hollow connector having an intake opening and an output opening,
- a first adjustable member attached to the hollow connector, the first adjustable member having a first mounting element at one end of the first adjustable member and a second mounting element at the opposing end of the first adjustable member;
- and
- a second adjustable member attached to the hollow connector, the second adjustable member having a first mounting element at one end of the second adjustable member and a second mounting element at the opposing end of the second adjustable member;
- attaching the first mounting element of each adjustable member to a portion of the eaves;
- and
- attaching the second mounting element of each adjustable member to the building side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.