Patent ID: 7568493

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a thermal relief vent, comprising the steps of: providing a vent cap including a neck region having a shoulder, wherein an outermost surface of said neck region defines an outer diameter of said neck region; providing a rigid vent body including a seat region having a shoulder, wherein an innermost surface of said seat region defines an inner diameter of said seat region that is larger than said outer diameter of said neck region of said cap; providing a ring of deformable material in said seat region of said body; and providing a compression force to at least one of said cap and said body such that said ring of deformable material conforms in shape to said neck region of said cap and said seat region of said body such that said conformed ring abuts said cap shoulder and said body shoulder to mechanically secure said cap and said body together; wherein said cap shoulder defines a substantially upwardly facing surface and said body shoulder defines a substantially downwardly facing surface.