Patent ID: 8037643

Claim:
A ridge riser for supporting an attachment block at a roof ridge, the ridge riser comprising: a first leg for attachment to the first sloping side of a roof ridge; a second leg for attachment to a second sloping side of the roof ridge; and a U-shaped cradle, wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the U-shaped cradle are formed of a single strip of metal, the U-shaped cradle comprising a floor and a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein a first bend is intermediate the first leg and the first side wall, a second bend is intermediate the first side wall and the floor, a third bend is intermediate the floor and the second side wall, and a fourth bend is intermediate the second side wall and the second leg, wherein the second bend and the third bend are each approximately 90 degrees and the first bend and the fourth bend are each approximately 360 degrees such that the first leg is substantially parallel to the first side wall and the second leg is substantially parallel to the second side wall when the ridge riser is in a default position; wherein each of the first and second legs includes at least three weakened regions such that the first and second legs can be bent at one of the weakened regions to set the ridge riser at one of a set of heights relative to the ridge, wherein at least one of the weakened regions comprises two discontinuous scores that are generally collinear, wherein each of the two scores are substantially perpendicular to a transverse axis of the ridge riser, and wherein the first leg and the second leg further comprise a set of two or more attachment holes positioned below each weakened region when the ridge riser is in the default position with the ridge riser oriented such that the U-shaped cradle is positioned higher than the weakened regions, and wherein at least two of the attachment holes are positioned intermediate and spaced away from two adjacent weakened regions on the first leg along a transverse direction of the ridge riser.