Patent ID: 8292707

Claim:
An off-peak intake vent comprising: spaced top and bottom walls defining a cavity therebetween and a pair of lateral side walls, said bottom wall having a generally planar bottom surface having at least one vent opening formed therethrough for communicating with an opening in a roof deck, said top wall having a continuously curved portion that converges with said bottom wall at an uphill edge of said intake vent; air intake louvers defined between said top and bottom walls; and an internal baffle system for baffling air flow between the intake louvers and the at least one vent opening of the bottom wall, the baffle system including first and second spaced baffles extending across said intake vent between said side walls, the first baffle protruding from said bottom wall towards said top wall and the second baffle protruding from said top wall towards said bottom wall, wherein said first and second baffles are arranged such that air flowing through said cavity flows over said first baffle and then under said second baffle, said first and second baffles undulating in height as they extend across said intake vent, said baffles undulating out of phase from one another.