Patent ID: 11920351
Assignee: BMIC LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 7:
8. A vent comprising:
an elongated top panel having a central portion, lateral edge portions, a top surface, and a bottom surface;
wherein the top panel is configured to be installed along a ventilation slot formed along a hip of a hip style roof to provide ventilation of an attic space below;
a plurality of baffle arrays projecting from the bottom surface of the top panel;
at least some of the baffle arrays comprising a plurality of vanes each having an arcuate shape arcing downwardly and outwardly toward an adjacent lateral edge portion of the top panel when the vent is installed along the roof, the vanes configured to arrest and direct water, snow, debris, or a combination thereof, away from the ventilation slot and toward the adjacent lateral edge portion;
wherein the plurality of baffle arrays comprises at least two laterally spaced baffle arrays arranged between the central portion and each of the lateral edge portions of the top panel, and including at least two rows extending across the top panel and each having at least two laterally spaced vanes;
wherein the vanes include a first end located nearer the central portion of the top panel, and a second end located nearer the adjacent lateral edge portion of the top panel, with the second ends of the at least some of the vanes overlapping at least some of the first ends of adjacent vanes of an adjacent downslope row of vanes;
wherein the vanes are spaced and arranged such that no uninterrupted path for water, snow, debris or a combination thereof, is defined through the baffle arrays from the lateral edges to the central portion of the top panel.