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US 7,024,828 B2Granted
Rollable baffled ridge vent
AssigneeBuilding Materials Investment Corporation
InventorJ. Charles Headrick
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AssigneeBuilding Materials Investment Corporation
InventorJ. Charles Headrick
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A rollable baffled ridge vent has a top panel with a laterally flexible central portion and edges. Substantially flat wind baffles are supported outboard of the edges and each wind baffle is formed by an array of aligned coextensive rectangular baffle sections. Each baffle section is supported by a pair of buttresses that project from beneath the top panel. Some of the buttresses also extend inwardly toward the central portion of the panel to form supports for supporting the ridge vent on a roof. The ridge vent can be fabricated in roof length sections that can be rolled into rolls with the baffle sections splaying with respect to each other to provide rollability. For installation, the ridge vent is rolled out along the open ridge of a roof and attached with nails. Superior ventilation is provided by the high net free area and flat wind baffle design of the vent while preserving the convenience of a rollable product.
A rollable ridge vent comprising:
An elongated plastic ridge vent adapted to be rolled into a compact roll for storage and transportation and unrolled along the open ridge of a roof for installation, said ridge vent comprising:
An elongated ridge vent for installation along the open ridge of a roof, said ridge vent comprising a top panel having a central portion and edges and an elongated wind baffle extending along and outboard of said edges, said wind baffle being defined by a plurality of baffle sections separated by gaps and aligned in end-to-end relationship with each other to allow said ridge vent to be rolled onto itself into a compact roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.