Patent ID: 8647184

Claim:
An adaptable vent baffle mountable to an underside of a roof deck and to a wall plate of a building structure between a pair of roof rafters having a rafter spacing for permitting ventilation between a soffit and an attic space of the building structure, the vent baffle comprising: a main body portion having a longitudinal axis and being positioned generally on a main body plane; a spacer extending generally perpendicularly from the main body relative to the main body plane; a tail portion hingedly mounted to the main body portion, the main body portion and tail portion including first and second side edges extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis along an entire length dimension from a first end to a second end of said vent baffle, a baffle width defined between the first and second side edges; and multiple parallel perforated lines spaced inwardly from each said side edge and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis along said entire length dimension of said vent baffle from said first end to said second end to permit selective longitudinally extending portions of each said side edge along said entire length dimension to be removed from said vent baffle along both said main body portion and said tail portion for modifying the baffle width to adapt to the rafter spacing, said perforated lines being spaced at irregular intervals from the corresponding said side edge such that each said perforated line defines a potential baffle width different from each other perforated line, whereby said first and second side edges can be configured by removing a selected portion thereof corresponding to a selected one of said perforated lines so that said baffle width will conform to and permit placement of said side edges adjacent to said pair of roof rafters irrespective of the spacing of said pair of roof rafters.