Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Enclosure or cover – with supplemental fluid-guiding port... – Attic vent
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-22
2005-11-22
A, Phi Dieu Tran (Department: 3637)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Enclosure or cover, with supplemental fluid-guiding port...
Attic vent
C052S198000, C052S302100, C454S365000, C454S364000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06966156
ABSTRACT:
A ridge vent adapted specifically for use with tile roofs having a nailer board installed at a ridge of a roof. The ridge vent includes a main body portion having a pair of eaves and a neck portion. The neck portion includes a plurality of projections on opposing inner walls thereof to maintain a minimum predetermined spacing between the inner walls and the nailer board, to thereby create airflow paths around opposing sides of the nailer board. A pair of weather blocking panels are secured to the nailer boards to help block rain, snow, etc. from entering though openings in the eaves. Each weather blocking panel includes a laterally extending portion with a plurality of slots and an upwardly extending edge portion. The upwardly extending edge portion creates a venturi effect over the slots to help draw air out therethrough when wind is blowing over the upwardly extending edge portions. The weather blocking panels may be formed with finger-like projections or arcuate shaped cutouts, depending on the specific contour of the roof tiles used on the roof to which the ridge vent is attached.
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A Phi Dieu Tran
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
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