Vent baffle and method of installation
AssigneeBrentwood Industries, Inc.
InventorsPalle Rye, Dave Rosten, Richard L. Partlow, Jr., Matt Kortuem
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Abstract
A single-piece vent baffle and method of installing a vent baffle. The vent baffle includes a main body portion and a tail portion and a first face and a second face. The main body portion includes at least one spacer extending from the first face. The vent baffle may be installed to an underside of a roof and to a wall plate by positioning the spacer adjacent the underside of the roof to create an air flow channel between the underside of the roof and the first face. The vent baffle blocks an opening between the roof and the wall plate while allowing ventilating air to flow through the air flow channel.
Claims20
A single-piece vent baffle attachable to an underside of a roof and to a wall plate of a building structure, the vent baffle comprising a single-piece, unitary body, having:
- a first face and a second face;
- a first end and a second end;
- a main body portion proximate the first end having at least one spacer extending in a first direction from the first face;
- and
- a tail portion connected to the main body portion and proximate the second end, having a flange disposed at the second end, the flange being connected to a remainder of the tail portion by a prefòrmed bend,
- wherein:
- the main body portion is adapted to be fixedly attached to the underside of the roof, such that the spacer is positioned adjacent the underside of the roof, creating at least one air flow channel between the first face and the underside of the roof, and
- the flange is adapted to be fixedly attached to an interior side of the wall plate.
A single-piece vent baffle attachable to an underside of a roof and to a wall plate of a building structure, the vent baffle comprising a single-piece, unitary body, having:
- a first face and a second face;
- a first end and a second end;
- a main body portion connected to the tail portion and having at least one end spacer proximate the first end;
- and
- a tail portion proximate the second end;
- wherein:
- the main body portion is adapted to be fixedly attached to the underside of the roof, such that the end spacer is positioned adjacent the underside of the roof, creating at least one air flow channel between the first face and the underside of the roof, and
- a portion of the tail portion is adapted to be fixedly attached to an interior side of the wall plate.
A single-piece vent baffle attachable to an underside of a roof and to a wall plate of a building structure, the vent baffle comprising a single-piece, unitary body, having:
- a first face and a second face;
- a first end and a second end;
- a main body portion proximate the first end having a first spacer extending in a first direction from the first face;
- a tail portion connected to the main body portion and proximate the second end, having a flange disposed at the second end, the flange being connected to a remainder of the tail portion by a preformed bend;
- and
- a single flexible hinge connecting the main body portion and the tail portion,
- wherein:
- the main body portion is adapted to be fixedly attached to the underside of the roof, such that the spacer is positioned adjacent the underside of the roof, creating at least one air flow channel between the first face and the underside of the roof and
- a portion of the tail portion is adapted to be fixedly attached to an interior side of the wall plate.
A method of installing a vent baffle to an underside of a roof and to a wall plate of a building structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a vent baffle including:
- a single-piece, unitary body, having:
- a first face and a second face,
- a first end and a second end,
- a main body portion proximate the first end having at least one spacer extending from the first face;
- a tail portion connected to the main body portion and proximate the second end, having a flange disposed at the second end, the flange being connected to a remainder of the tail portion by a preformed bend;
- and
- a single flexible hinge connecting the main body portion and the tail portion;
- (b) positioning the vent baffle such that:
- the spacer is adjacent the underside of the roof, between adjacent roof rafters, creating at least one air flow channel between the underside of the roof and the first face;
- a portion of the tail portion is adjacent the wall plate;
- and
- the tail portion is angled relative to the main body portion at the hinge such that the vent baffle substantially blocks an opening located between the wall plate and the roof;
- and
- (c) securing the flange to an interior side of the wall plate and the main body portion to the underside of the roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.