Patent ID: 7766735
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: E04D,F24F

Abstract:
1. A rollable ridge vent for covering an opening of a roof ridge, comprising: an elongated flexible member having a central panel defined between a pair of lateral edges and a pair of transverse ends, said central panel having top and bottom major surfaces; said central panel including a pair of vents forming openings through the top major surface of the central panel and disposed proximate to and inward of the lateral edges of said central panel; a plurality of support ribs for supporting the central panel above the roof; and a pair of baffles disposed laterally from the vent openings, each baffle being proximate to a respective one of said lateral edges, each baffle comprising a plurality of spaced parallel baffle section walls depending from the bottom major surface of the central panel aligned in a row along the length of said central panel, each baffle section wall having first and second lateral edges and being oriented at an oblique angle to a respective proximate lateral edge of the central panel, the oblique angle orientation of each baffle section wall locating the first lateral edge of the wall more proximate to a respective vent than said second lateral edge of the wall, each pair of adjacent baffle section walls having a gap formed between the first lateral edge of a first one of said adjacent baffle section walls and the second lateral edge of a second one of said adjacent baffle section walls, wherein at least some of the support ribs extend laterally beyond the first lateral edge of the first one of the adjacent baffle section walls towards the second lateral edge of the second one of the adjacent baffle section walls to at least partially block said gaps therebetween to provide protection from infiltration of materials to an interior of said rollable ridge vent through the gaps.