Patent ID: 8322089

Claim:
A ridge vent section suitable for slate shingled roofs, the ridge vent comprising: an elongated laterally flexible top panel having an upper side, a lower side, a central portion, and edge portions terminating at extreme edges of the top panel; ventilation grids depending from the lower side of the top panel with each ventilation grid extending along a respective edge portion of the laterally flexible top panel spaced from the extreme edge thereof; the edge portions of the top panel defining an overhang between the ventilation grids and an extreme edge of the edge portions; an array of longitudinally spaced apart support baffles each depending from the lower side of laterally flexible top panel and extending laterally beneath the overhang from the ventilation grids to an extreme edge of the edge portions, the baffles being arched from a lower edge of each ventilation grid toward an extreme edge of the edge portion of the top panel to form a series of spaced apart hold-downs for a row of field shingles installed beside the ridge vent; and the top panel being sized to be substantially hidden beneath ridge cap shingles installed atop the ridge vent when the ridge vent is applied along the ridge of a roof.