Patent ID: 7814715

Claim:
A roof ridge vent, comprising: a one-piece, elongate body having opposite ends and being rollable into a spiral roll; said body having an elongate upper wall extending from one of said opposite ends to the other, said upper wall having a pair of longitudinally-extending side edges, an underside, and a plurality of bracing walls depending from said underside; said body having a pair of openwork walls with ventilation openings, one of said openwork walls extending downwardly and outwardly from one of said side edges of said upper wall and the other of said openwork walls extending downwardly and outwardly from the other of said side edges of said upper wall; and said body having a pair of longitudinally-extending sidewalls disposed upright with respect to said upper wall and providing external wind baffles for the vent, one of said sidewalls projecting from an outer edge of one of said openwork walls and the other of said sidewalls projecting from an outer edge of the other of said openwork walls; each of said sidewalls having a longitudinally-extending elongate top strip and walls depending from said top strip forming a plurality of spaced apart fork-shaped members arranged in tongue and groove relation that form circuitous drainage paths therebetween through said sidewall and permit said sidewall to be rolled into said spiral roll.