Patent ID: 8302352

Claim:
A roof closure ventilation system comprising: a structure including a sloped roof having multiple sloped roof sections with repeating major ribs, the structure further including an interior, an exterior, a roof ridge having a roof ridge length, a ridge cap, and a ridge slot formed along said roof ridge length permitting air to vent from the interior of said structure to the exterior of said structure, said ridge slot having a ridge slot length; a roof vented closure strip disposed adjacent said ridge slot and extending along the length thereof, wherein said roof vented closure strip is disposed between said sloped roof and said ridge cap such that the structure of the roof closure ventilation system comprises a lip formed on said sloped roof between said ridge slot and said roof vented closure strip; said roof vented closure strip structure comprising: a profile piece, an air permeable filter material, and a top layer, wherein said profile piece, said filter material, and said top layer combined include a depth sufficient to fill a space between said ridge cap and said sloped roof, and wherein said profile piece, said filter material, and said top layer include at least three materials of differing structural characteristics, wherein said profile piece structure comprises a lower surface forming the bottom of said roof vented closure strip, first and second side surfaces at opposite ends of said profile piece, a rear interior surface adjacent to and facing said ridge slot, a front exterior surface opposite said rear interior surface, a profile piece length extending from said first side surface to said second side surface, and a profile piece width extending from said front exterior surface to said rear interior surface, wherein said lower surface of said profile piece conforms to said sloped roof with said major ribs and said lower surface includes adhesive to secure said roof vented closure strip with said sloped roof, wherein said filter material is disposed between said top layer of said roof vented closure strip and said profile piece and on top of said lower surface, wherein said filter material extends from said front exterior surface to said rear interior surface wherein said rear interior surface of said roof vented closure strip comprises two slopes sloping towards said front exterior surface and meeting at a vertex approximately midway along the length of said profile piece, and wherein said lower surface comprises a moisture channel extending from said front exterior surface to said rear interior surface, wherein moisture on said lip flows down said slopes to said moisture channel and said moisture drains through said moisture channel thus exiting said structure and said roof vented closure strip.