Patent ID: 6449911
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B63B,E04B,E04F

Abstract:
Flashing for overlying a joist to shield the joist from water contact, the flashing comprising in combination:an elongate top wall having a width between two lateral edges at least as great as a width of the joist to be shielded; two side walls, each said side wall extending down from a different one of said two lateral edges of said top wall; two tips, one of said two tips located on one of said side walls at an edge spaced from said top wall, the other of said two tips located on the other of said side walls at an edge spaced from said top wall, said tips of said side walls located further from each other than said width of said top wall between said two lateral edges; said top wall free of openings; wherein said top wall is formed of a sufficiently soft material that a fastener can penetrate said top wall without inducing crack propagation in said top wall adjacent the fastener; and wherein said material forming said top wall is sufficiently soft to allow said flashing to roll-up with said top wall overlapping itself.