Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Lapped multiplanar surfacing; e.g. – shingle type – Interfitted sections
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-24
2001-02-13
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Lapped multiplanar surfacing; e.g., shingle type
Interfitted sections
C052S528000, C052S098000, C052S108000, C052S199000, C052S309800, C052S309900, C052S406200, C052S302100, C428S055000, C428S138000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06185895
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to insulating and ventilating systems and more particularly pertains to a new ventilating radiant barrier for reducing the solar or thermal load into a home through a roof while also providing ventilation beneath the exterior of the roof to protect the roof from moisture damage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of insulating and ventilating systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, insulating and ventilating systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U. S. Pat. No. 5,303,525 by Magee; U.S. Pat. No. 5,433,050 by Wilson et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,852,314 by Moore, Jr.; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 372,545 by Schultz; U.S. Pat. No. 3,210,896 by Detman; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,498,015 by Seaburg et al.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new ventilating radiant barrier. The inventive device includes a panel that has a pair of faces, a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges extending between the end edges of the panel. A first of the faces of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The second face of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The perforation rows of the second face of the panel are positioned between the perforation rows of the first face of the panel.
In these respects, the ventilating radiant barrier according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of reducing the solar or thermal load into a home through a roof while also providing ventilation beneath the exterior of the roof to protect the roof from moisture damage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of insulating and ventilating systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new ventilating radiant barrier construction wherein the same can be utilized for reducing the solar or thermal load into a home through a roof while also providing ventilation beneath the exterior of the roof to protect the roof from moisture damage.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the insulating and ventilating systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new ventilating radiant barrier which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art insulating and ventilating systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a panel that has a pair of faces, a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges extending between the end edges of the panel. A first of the faces of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The second face of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The perforation rows of the second face of the panel are positioned between the perforation rows of the first face of the panel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the insulating and ventilating systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new ventilating radiant barrier which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art insulating and ventilating systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier which is susceptible to low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible to low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such ventilating radiant barrier economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier for reducing the solar or thermal load into a home through a roof while also providing ventilation beneath the exterior of the roof to protect the roof from moisture damage.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier which includes a panel that has a pair of faces, a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges extending between the end edges of the panel. A first of the faces of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The second face of the panel has a spaced apart pair of perforation rows extending between the end edges of the panel. The perforation rows of the second face of the panel are positioned between the perforation rows of the first face of the panel.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new ventilating radiant barrier that has perforated cuts along its sides to space the ventilating radiant
Friedman Carl D.
Horten Yvonne M.
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