# US 5,347,776 A · Flexible roof vent sealing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,347,776 A - Document ID: US5347776A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/043,278 - Filed: 1993-04-06 - Granted: 1994-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 1993-04-06 - Inventors: James M. Skoff - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347776A ## CPC - E04D 13/1476: {wherein the parts extending above the roof have a generally circular cross-section} - E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00) ## Abstract The present invention provides a flexible roof vent sealing system which includes a base section having a base plate and a tubular connecting member extending from the base plate and a plurality of separable sealing sections which couple to the tubular connecting member of the base section. Each sealing section includes a flexible, corrugated tubular body with a sealing portion at one end to seal against a roof vent pipe and a coupling portion at the other end of the tubular body which couples to the tubular connecting member of the base section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flexible roof vent sealing device comprising: a base section adapted for attachment to a roof or wall surface including a base plate, and a substantially tubular connecting member extending from said base plate; a separable sealing section removably coupled to said base section, said sealing section including a flexible, corrugated tubular body; a sealing means provided at one end of said corrugated tubular body to form a watertight seal with a roof vent pipe; and a coupling means provided at the other end of said corrugated tubular body to removably attach said sealing section to said connecting member of said base section without disturbing said attachment of said base section to said roof or wall surface, said coupling means forming a watertight seal between said separable sealing section and said base section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said coupling means is threadably connectable to said connecting member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said connecting member includes a threaded exterior. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said coupling means includes a threaded interior which threadably engages said threaded exterior of said connecting member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said coupling means include corrugations on said corrugated tubular body which threadably engage with said threaded exterior of said connecting member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 5, wherein a first portion of said corrugations threadably engage with said threaded exterior of said connecting member, and a second portion of said corrugations lie in a plane parallel with said base plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sealing section is provided with at least one additional sealing means to form a watertight seal with at least two roof vent pipes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said coupling means is a slip fit engagement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of said separable sealing sections. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of said sealing means of said plurality of said sealing sections has a different diameter than the other said sealing means of said plurality of said sealing sections. ### Claim 11 A roof vent sealing system comprising: a base section adapted for attachment to a roof or wall surface including a base plate; and a substantially tubular connecting member extending from said base plate; a plurality of separable sealing sections, each said separable sealing section adapted to be removably coupled to said base section, each said separable sealing section including a flexible, corrugated tubular body, wherein each of said separable sealing sections is coupled to said base section; a sealing means provided at one end of each said corrugated tubular body to form a watertight seal with a roof vent pipe wherein each of said sealing means of said corrugated tubular body of said plurality of separable sealing sections is adapted to form said watertight seal with a roof vent pipe of a different diameter; and a coupling means provided at the other end of each said corrugated tubular body to removably attach said sealing section to said connecting member of said base section without disturbing said attachment of said base section to said roof or wall surface, said coupling means forming a watertight seal between said separable sealing section and said base section. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 11 wherein each said coupling means is threadably connectable to said connecting member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 11 wherein said connecting member includes a threaded exterior. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 13, wherein each said coupling means includes a threaded interior which threadably engages said threaded exterior of said connecting member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said each of said coupling means include corrugations on said corrugated tubular body which threadably engage with said threaded exterior of said connecting member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The flexible roof vent sealing device as claimed in claim 15, wherein a first portion of said corrugations threadably engage with said threaded exterior of said connecting member, and a second portion of said corrugations lie in a plane parallel with said base plate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 11 wherein each of said separable sealing sections is provided with at least one additional sealing means to form a watertight seal with at least two roof vent pipes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 11 wherein said coupling means is a non-threading engagement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The flexible roof vent sealing system as claimed in claim 11 wherein at least one of said sealing means of said plurality of sealing sections has a different diameter than the remaining sealing means of said plurality of said sealing sections.