Patent ID: 7730684

Claim:
A weep vent for masonry wall structures comprising a shaped mass of intertwined filaments having substantial open areas, the weep vent being positionable in a mortar joint of the wall structure for venting moisture from one side of the masonry wall structure to the other, wherein the weep vent includes a narrower front end and a wider rear end, wherein when the weep vent is positioned within a masonry wall structure, the narrower front end is on an exterior side of the masonry wall structure and the wider end is disposed on an interior side of the masonry wall structure for the purpose of receiving and funneling moisture from the interior side of the masonry wall structure through the weep vent from the interior side of the masonry wall structure to the exterior side of the masonry wall structure, wherein the intertwined filaments of the shaped mass are randomly connected at their intersections to form a unit-handled structure, which unit-handled structure is substantially planar and has a substantially uniform thickness that substantially equals that of a mortar joint area of a masonry wall wherein the weep vent is to be installed, and wherein the weep vent member additionally comprises opposed sides that extend in non-parallel relationship between the front end and the rear end; and wherein the weep vent additionally includes a reach of substantially the same material from which the weep vent is formed, and that when the weep vent is positioned in the masonry wall structure, the reach extends upwardly from the wider rear end region of the weep vent in a wall space located above the wider rear end region of the weep vent.