Patent ID: 7182688

Claim:
A roof ridge vent assembly, comprising: a roof ridge with an open elongate slot, a ridge vent secured to said roof ridge overlying said open elongate slot, and at least one cap shingle secured in a position overlying said ridge vent and open elongate slot; said roof ridge vent being a rollable, continuous, indeterminate-length, strip of openwork material having an upper face, a lower face, and a pair of longitudinal side edges each covered with an air and water impermeable material, said material covering said longitudinal side edges providing wind baffles that promote air circulation when wind blows over said roof ridge; said vent having a width greater than a width of said cap shingle so that said cap shingle overlies only a central longitudinally-extending section of said ridge vent and permits outer, longitudinally-extending, edge sections of said upper face of said ridge vent to remain exposed to provide ventilation openings; and said assembly providing a path of ventilation through said open elongate slot, into said lower face of said openwork material, and out of said exposed outer, longitudinally-extending, edge sections of said upper face of said openwork material.