Cover for foundation vents, kit and method for production thereof
OwnerRichard A. Mauryinventor
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Abstract
A method for fabricating a vent cover (10) with an insulating sheet (11) bonded on an inside face of an outer sheet (12). A sheet (11E) which serves as a gasket is provided on the inside face (12A) of the outer sheet. A kit (14) is provided with a preform (10A) for the cover. The preform is cut around the insulating sheet and not the outer sheet to provide the cover. The cover provides good insulation and is relatively resistant to damage from handling.
Claims19
A cover for closing a vent in an outside wall of a building which comprises:
- (a) a first sheet of a closed cellular polymer material which fits into and closes an opening for the vent, the first sheet having opposed faces and sides between the faces;
- (b) a seal material bonded on at least one of the faces of the first sheet, which seal material extends beyond the one of the faces of the first sheet;
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- (c) a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with a knife with opposed faces and sides between the faces with one of the opposed faces of the second sheet bonded to the seal material.
A building having vents in an outside wall, which comprises:
- (a) a cover for the vents which comprises a first sheet of a closed cellular polymer material which fits into and closes an opening for the vent, the first sheet having opposed faces and sides between the faces;
- a seal material bonded on at least one of the faces of the first sheet, which seal material extends beyond the one face of the first sheet;
- and a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with a knife with opposed faces and sides between the faces with one of the opposed faces of the second sheet bonded to the seal material;
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- (b) securing means on the building for holding the cover over the vent.
A kit as a package containing a cover for closing a vent in an outside wall of a building which comprises:
- (a) a first sheet closed cellular polymer material which fits into and closes an opening for the vent the first sheet having opposed faces and sides between the faces;
- a seal material bonded on at least one of the faces of the first sheet, and a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with a knife with opposed faces and sides between the faces, with one of the opposed faces of the second sheet bonded to the seal material;
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- (b) a securing means which is mountable on the building for holding the cover in the opening for the vent.
A method for forming a cover in an opening for a vent in a building which comprises:
- (a) providing a first sheet of a closed cellular polymer material with opposed faces and sides between the faces;
- a seal material bonded on one of the faces of the first sheet and a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with a knife, the second material having opposed faces and sides between the faces with one of the faces of the opposed faces of the second sheet bonded to the seal material;
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- (b) cutting the first sheet with the knife so as to fit into and close the opening for the vent and so as to allow the seal material to contact a portion of the building around the opening.
A kit as a package for forming a cover for closing a vent in an outside wall of a building, which comprises:
- (a) a first sheet of a closed cellular polymer material which is cuttable to fit into an opening for the vent with opposed faces and sides between the faces;
- and a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with a cutting instrument with opposed faces and sides between the faces, with one of the faces of the second sheet adhered to the first sheet;
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- (b) a securing means for holding the cover in the opening for the vent, wherein in use the cellular material is cut to fit the opening for the vent and the securing means holds the cover on the building.
A method for forming a cover in an opening for a vent in a building which comprises:
- (a) providing a first sheet of a cellular polymer material with opposed faces and sides between the faces of the first sheet and a second sheet of a material which resists cutting with cutting instrument which cuts with opposed faces and sides between the faces with one of the faces of the second sheet adhered to the first sheet;
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- (b) cutting the first sheet so as to fit into and close the opening for the vent and to allow the second sheet to extend around the opening to form the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.