Patent ID: 8561367

Claim:
A parapet vent for a building comprising: a housing having a first layer having a top surface, a first side, a second side and an open bottom; a second layer having a top surface, a first side, a second side and an open bottom wherein the first layer is located above the second layer and wherein a space is created between the first layer and the second layer wherein water vapor may pass through the space and wherein the second layer and first layer are secured to and located above a top surface of a wall of a building and wherein a portion of the wall is located within the open bottom of the second layer; a securing mechanism securing the first layer to the second layer and wherein the second layer is secured closer to the wall of the building than the first layer; a square-shaped cross-sectioned recessed portion forming a sill portion and a pitch portion wherein the square-shaped cross sectioned recessed portion extends downward from the top surface and the second side of the second layer and extending an entire length of the second side of the second layer; and wherein the sill portion rests upon a top of the wall and wherein the pitch portion elevates the second side of the second layer higher than the first side of the second layer.