Hidden ridge vent for slate roofs
US8322089B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04D13/174
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A ridge ventilation system includes a plurality of ridge vent sections configured to be arranged end-to-end along the ridge of a roof covering a vent slot formed therealong. Each ridge vent section has an elongated longitudinally flexible top panel with a central portion, edge portions terminating at extreme edges of the top panel, and ventilation grids extending beneath and along the edge portions spaced from extreme edges thereof. The space between the extreme edges of the top panel and the ventilation grids forms or defines an overhang configured to receive edges of shingles in a course of shingles installed next to the vent section and to inhibit the edges of the shingles from rising up. The ridge vent sections also have depending deflectors for deflecting blowing rain and snow that might enter through the ventilation grids and filter fabric may be affixed to the bottom of the ridge vent sections to provide additional deflection of rain and snow. The ridge ventilation system is particularly useful with slate or slate-style roofs and the vent sections are sized so that ridge cap slates extend beyond the extreme edges of the sections to hide substantially the ridge ventilation sy…
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