Patent ID: 6277024
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
An adjustable-pitch sectional roof ridge vent, comprising:a one-piece, plastic, injection-molded body having an elongate top wall, a pair of opposed outer sidewalls depending outwardly and downwardly from peripheral longitudinal edges of said top wall, and a pair of opposed end walls depending from opposite ends of said top wall, each of said outer sidewalls having a lowermost edge, a plurality of ventilation openings, and an upturned flange projecting from said lowermost edge; andat least one of said end walls being formed by a plurality of separate, spaced apart wall segments depending from said top wall and extending across said end of said top wall in end-to-end single file alignment, each pair of adjacent wall segments being spaced apart to form an open gap therebetween to enable ready flexing of the vent, and at least portions of selected ones of said wall segments having a sinusoidal-shape in transverse cross-section.