Patent ID: 7594362

Claim:
A ventilating soffit panel, comprising: a sheet material encompassing an area and substantially defining a curtain plane; wherein the sheet material includes web portions without openings therein throughout a length thereof at least at two levels that are parallel to or coincident with the curtain plane and are spaced from one another in a direction normal to the curtain plane; wherein the sheet material has a plurality of connecting web walls extending integrally between and connecting edges of the web portions at the at least two levels; wherein the connecting web walls have through openings for permitting ventilation through the panel; and, wherein the web portions at least at the two levels are arranged to overlap one another by a first distance, and the connecting web walls having the through openings are inclined relative to the curtain plane at an acute angle, and a minimum distance between adjacent connecting web walls defines an elongated slot having a width greater than the first distance to allow free ventilation therethrough.