Vent cover assembly for use with roof-mounted photovoltaic systems

The vent cap assembly of claim 11 wherein each elongate member has a gripping surface for engaging the outer surface of the vent pipe.

The vent cap assembly of claim 12 wherein the gripping surface comprises a serrated distal edge of the respective tab.

The vent cap assembly of claim 17 wherein the protruding retention tabs have barbs angled in a downward direction towards the bracket to facilitate retention of the protruding tabs within the slots once received therein.

A vent cap assembly comprising:

• a cap portion having an opening to an interior cavity, the opening and interior cavity being dimensioned so as to receive an end of an vent pipe within the interior cavity through the opening, the interior cavity including a spacer to maintain an air gap between the end of the vent pipe and an underside of the cap portion;
• and
• a mounting bracket attached to the cap portion and extending at least partly about a perimeter of the opening, wherein the mounting bracket includes a plurality of flanges extending inwardly from the perimeter of the opening so as to engage an outer surface of the exhaust gas vent pipe sufficiently to secure the cap assembly to the exhaust gas vent pipe, wherein at least two of the plurality of flanges extend inwardly from the perimeter at different lengths to accommodate vent pipes of different diameters.