Patent ID: 7484335

Claim:
A soffit vent for use in a soffit assembly, said soffit assembly comprising an inside soffit board portion and an outside soffit board portion that define a soffit opening, a plurality of lookouts which span said soffit opening, said soffit vent comprising: an elongate base portion defining one or more vent holes therein; at least two finish edges extending outwardly from opposite sides of said elongate base portion, at least one of said elongate base portion or said at least two finish edges being flexibly resilient, said at least two finish edges being thereby biased to resiliently engage lower surfaces of said inside soffit board portion and outside soffit board portion after said elongate base portion is inserted into said soffit vent opening such that said at least two finish edges produce a biasing force against said lower surfaces of said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion to bias said elongate base away from said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion, whereupon after movement of said elongate base portion away from said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion then said at least two finish edges are oriented at an angle with respect to said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion, and then furthermore only respective outermost surfaces of said at least two finish edges physically engage respective of said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion and except for said respective outermost surfaces said at least two finish edges do not contact said inside soffit board portion and said outside soffit board portion; and one or more legs mounted to said elongate base portion and extending away from said base portion, said one or more legs being adapted for insertion into said soffit opening, said one or more legs defining a plurality of recesses, said plurality of recesses being spaced in coordination with said plurality of lookouts to thereby permit insertion of said one or more legs on said elongate base portion into said soffit opening without being blocked by said lookouts.