Ridge cap vent
AssigneeDiversi-Plast Products, Inc.
InventorRichard J. Morris
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Abstract
A ridge cap vent for enabling air exchange between an interior and an exterior portion of a roof and a method of installing the ridge cap vent are provided. The ridge cap vent is conformed to be disposed between an upper ridge cap member and a lower member. The ridge cap vent may be formed from a corrugated plastic material and includes a multiplicity of air passages extending generally transversely to a longitudinal axis of the ridge cap vent.
Claims21
A roofing system disposable on a roof proximate an edge of a gap, the gap defined proximate a roof peak, the roofing system comprising:
- a rid g cap including first and second lateral lips;
- first and second vents, each vent comprising a plurality of hingably connected vent layers, each vent layer comprising:
- a generally planar first ply;
- and
- a second ply,
- the first and second plies joined to define a multiplicity of air passages enabling air exchange between interior and exterior portions of the roof,
- the first and second vents conformed to be disposed beneath respective first and second ridge cap lips;
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- first and second closure strips disposed between respective first and second vents and a lower roof member with nonplanar contours, each said closure strip with a strip thickness sufficient for the strip to sealingly accommodate both the lower roof member nonplanar contours and the vent generally planar first ply, each said closure strip displaying opposed first and second surfaces, said closure strip first and second surfaces contacting respective said vent generally planar first ply and said lower roof member nonplanar contours.
A roofing system, comprising:
- a ridge cap including first and second lateral lips;
- and
- first and second vents, each vent disposable on a roof proximate an edge of a gap defined proximate a roof peak and comprising a plurality of vent layers, each vent layer comprising:
- a pair of generally planar first plies, and
- a second ply disposed between the first plies, the first and second plies joined to define a multiplicity of air passages enabling air exchange between interior and exterior portions of the roof, adjacent vent layers being hingably connected,
- upper surfaces of the first and second vents configured to sealingly contact respective first and second ridge cap lateral lips;
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- first and second closure strips with thicknesses sufficient to sealingly accommodate the generally planar first ply of said respective first and second vents and to sealingly accommodate nonplanar surfaces of an underlying lower roof member, each said closure strip with opposed first and second surfaces accommodating the generally planar first ply of the vent and the nonplanar surface of the underlying lower roof member.
A method of installing a vent on a roof with a gap proximate a peak of the roof, the method comprising the steps of:
- contacting a second surface of a closure strip on a lower roof member on each side of the gap such that the closure strip sealingly accommodates nonplanar contours of the lower roof member;
- contacting a vent over a first surface of each closure strip, the first and second surfaces of each closure strip being generally opposed, each vent comprising a plurality of vent layers, adjacent pairs of vent layers being hingably connected, each vent layer comprising:
- a generally planar first ply, and
- a second ply,
- the first and second plies being joined to define a multiplicity of air passages enabling air exchange between interior and exterior portions of the roof, each said vent being placed over each closure strip such that the generally planar vent first ply is sealingly accommodated by the closure strip;
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- placing a lateral lip of a ridge cap over each vent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.