Patent ID: 7165363
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A ridge vent for installation along the ridge of a roof to provide attic ventilation, said ridge vent comprising an elongated body having a width sufficient to span the roof ridge and at least one tear line formed across the width of said elongated body, said tear line configured to allow selective manual separation of said elongated body at said tear line; said ridge vent having a top panel normally spaced from a roof deck when said ridge vent is installed, and further comprising a first depending partition formed in said top panel extending along one side of said tear line, said first depending partition defining an end wall on an end that is formed when said elongated body is separated along said tear line; and a second depending partition formed on said top panel extending along the other side of said tear line, said second depending partition defining an end wall on the other end that is formed in said ridge vent when said elongated body is separated along said tear line.