Insulation block and baffle vent for manufactured housing

A combination baffle vent and insulation block for maintaining a passageway between roof rafters of a building and insulation material for a flow of air from a soffit to a roof vent past insulation material installed between said roof rafters which are covered by roof sheeting, said roof rafters being supported on a wall having a top wall plate, said top wall plate having a vertical interior surface and a vertical exterior surface, comprising:

• a baffle vent panel having first and second longitudinally spaced ends defining a length dimension of said baffle vent panel and first and second transversely spaced sides defining a width dimension of said baffle vent panel;
• said baffle vent panel being formed with ribs and valleys extending longitudinally from said first end to said second end, each said rib being positioned for engagement with a rafter, at least one valley being positioned between said ribs to establish said passageway, said at least one valley defining a shaped configuration of said baffle vent panel between adjacent said roof rafters;
• a plurality of transverse stiffening ridges extending from said first edge to said second edge, said ridges being uniformly spaced along said length dimension from said first longitudinally spaced end to said second longitudinally spaced end, a first and a second of said stiffening ridges being located at said first end;
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• an insulation block panel formed independently from said baffle vent panel and being attached by fasteners through a lower portion of said insulation block panel to said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate, said insulation block panel having an upper edge formed with said shaped configuration to mate with said baffle vent panel, said upper edge being engaged between said first and second stiffening ridges to interlock said upper edge between said first and second stiffening ridges to restrain movement of said upper edge toward said soffit, said insulation block being only secured by fasteners connecting said lower portion to said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate.

A roof for manufactured housing, said roof being supported on walls of said manufactured housing having a top wall plate, said top wall plate having a vertical interior surface and a vertical exterior surface, comprising:

• a plurality of transversely spaced roof rafters covered by roof sheeting;
• a baffle vent panel located between said roof rafters and said roof sheeting, said baffle vent panel spanning at least three roof rafters, said baffle vent panel having first and second longitudinally spaced ends defining a length dimension of said baffle vent panel and first and second transversely spaced sides defining a width dimension of said baffle vent panel;
• said baffle vent panel being formed with alternating ribs and valleys spaced uniformly and extending longitudinally from said first end to said second end, each said rib having a generally flat configuration defining a transverse width dimension substantially equal to a corresponding width dimension of said roof rafters, said valleys being rounded;
• said baffle vent panel being further formed with transverse stiffening ridges extending from said first transverse edge to said second transverse edge, a first and a second of said stiffening ridges being located at said first end;
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• an insulation block panel corresponding to each space between adjacent roof rafters spanned by said baffle vent panel, each said insulation block panel being formed independently from said baffle vent panel, said insulation block panel having an upper portion terminating in an upper edge engaged with said baffle vent panel between said first and second stiffening ridges to trap said upper edge between said first and second stiffening ridges to restrain said upper edge from movement outwardly vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate, each said insulation block further having a lower portion attached by fasteners to said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate, said upper edge of said insulation block being formed with a shaped configuration corresponding to said alternating ribs and valleys to mate with said baffle wall panel, whereby said insulation block is secured by fasteners affixing said lower portion to said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate.