Patent ID: 8808076

Claim:
A ridge vent comprising: an elongated panel having a central portion and edge portions, wherein said central portion has a width sufficient to cover a ridge slot extending at least partially along the ridge of a roof; the panel defining a plane between the central portion and at least one of said edge portion a vent formed along at least one of said edge portions of said elongated panel; vent louvers extending downwardly from said at least one of said edge portions covering said vent; a wind baffle outboard of and spaced from said vent; a trough defined between said vent and said wind baffle, said trough being bounded on the inside by said vent and bounded on the outside by said wind baffle; and a rotatable impeller mounted above the roof in said trough between said vent and said wind baffle, at least a portion of said rotatable impeller projecting above the plane of the central panel and being exposed to ambience for drawing air through said vent and expelling the air to ambience upon rotation of said rotatable impeller.