Patent ID: 11970864
Assignee: BMIC LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F  H  Y | IPC E  F  H

Claim 11:
12. A roof, comprising:
a roof deck;
a ridge or hip extending along the roof deck and having a ventilation slot defined therealong;
a plurality of ridge vents positioned along the ridge or hip and configured to cover the ventilation slot;
wherein each of the ridge vents comprises:
an air permeable mat having a top side, a bottom side, opposed edge portions, and a central portion between the opposed edge portions;
wherein, when the ridge vent is installed along the ridge or the hip of the roof, the bottom side of the air permeable mat contacts the roof deck; and
a moisture barrier applied along the top side of the air permeable mat and configured to reduce rainwater from penetrating into the air permeable mat when the ridge vent is installed along the ridge or hip of the roof;
wherein the moisture barrier is integrated with the air permeable mat so as to bend with the air permeable mat;
wherein the air permeable mat includes an open weave mesh material configured to enable a flow of heated air therethrough toward one or more of the opposed edge portions of the ridge vent; and
wherein each of the opposed edge portions includes an exposed portion configured to facilitate ventilation of the flow of heated air through the opposed edge portions of the ridge vent while preventing windblown rain and insects from entering an attic space below the roof deck through the ridge vent; and
wherein the air permeable mat comprises a plurality of sloped lands and risers configured to mimic an appearance of ridge cap shingles when the ridge vent is installed along a ridge or hip of a roof without a cap shingle installed thereover.