Patent ID: 11965339
Assignee: AMERICAN FLASHINGS AND ACCESSORIES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A ridge vent system for a roof of a building, the ridge vent system comprising:
a first ridge vent comprising:
a body including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a longitudinal axis, the body placed over an elongated opening along a ridge of a roof between a first roof surface and a second roof surface;
a top plate extending from the first side toward the second side and including a first top plate side, a second top plate side and a bending region between the first top plate side and the second top plate side, the bending region overlapping the longitudinal axis, the bending region overlapping the elongated opening such that the first top plate side and the second top plate side are parallel to the first roof surface and the second roof surface respectively;
a first exterior sidewall extending downward from the top plate on the first side, the first exterior sidewall being angled downward from the top plate, the first exterior sidewall defining a plurality of first sidewall slots, the first exterior sidewall and the first top plate side cooperatively defining a plurality of first recesses that extend inwardly from the first exterior sidewall and downward from the first top plate side, each of the plurality of first recesses being bounded by a first bottom wall and a first recess wall extending from the first bottom wall to the first top plate side, the first recess wall defining a plurality of first recess slots between the first bottom wall and the first top plate side, the plurality of first recess slots and the plurality first sidewall slots cooperatively forming a first contiguous vented area along the first exterior sidewall and the plurality of first recesses so that air can flow out from the elongated opening, under the top plate, and out the first contiguous vented area; and
a second exterior sidewall extending downward from the top plate on the second side, the second exterior sidewall being angled downward from the top plate, the second exterior sidewall defining a plurality of second sidewall slots, the second exterior sidewall and the second top plate side cooperatively defining a plurality of second recesses that extend inwardly from the second exterior sidewall and downward from the second top plate side, each of the plurality of second recesses being bounded by a second bottom wall and a second recess wall extending from the second bottom wall to the second top plate side, the second recess wall defining a plurality of second recess slots between the second bottom wall and the second top plate side, the plurality of second recess slots and the plurality of second sidewall slots cooperatively forming a second contiguous vented area along the second exterior sidewall and the plurality of second recesses so that air can flow out from the elongated opening, under the top plate, and out the second contiguous vented area;

a plurality of first fasteners, each projecting through a respective first bottom wall and into the first roof surface to secure the first top plate side to the first roof surface;
a plurality of second fasteners, each projecting through a respective second bottom wall and into the second roof surface to secure the second top plate side to the second roof surface and maintain the first top plate side and the second top plate side non-parallel to one another;
a shingle placed over the top plate, the shingle covering at least one of the plurality of first recesses and at least one of the plurality of second recesses on opposite sides of the bending area;
a third fastener projecting through the shingle, the first top plate side and into the first roof surface to secure the shingle over the top plate, the third fastener distal from the plurality of first recesses; and
a fourth fastener projecting through the shingle, the second top plate side and into the second roof surface to secure the shingle over the top plate, the fourth fastener distal from the plurality of second recesses.