Patent ID: 7841137
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: E04D,F24F

Abstract:
1. An insulation block for use in conjunction with a baffle vent for manufactured housing having roof rafters covered by roof sheeting and supported on a wall having a top wall plate, said baffle vent including transverse stiffening ridges extending across longitudinally extending ribs and valleys formed in said baffle vent, said top wall plate having a vertical interior surface and a vertical exterior surface, comprising: a plastic film panel having an upper portion terminating in an upper edge and a lower portion terminating in a lower edge, said upper edge and said lower edge defining a height dimension of said panel and first and second transversely spaced side edges defining a width dimension of said panel, said width dimension being sized to fit between adjacent said roof rafters; said upper edge being formed with a shaped configuration conforming to said ribs and valleys of said baffle vent so that said upper edge will mate against the ribs and valleys of said baffle vent extending between adjacent roof rafters, said lower portion being positioned along said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate to be affixed thereto such that said insulation block being secured only by fasteners affixing said lower portion to said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate, said upper edge being restrained from movement outwardly toward said vertical exterior surface of said top wall plate through an interference engagement between a first and second of said transverse stiffening ridges of said baffle vent; and vertical ridges formed in said panel across said width dimension to stiffen said panel with respect to bending in response to weight of insulation placed against said panel.