TODAY’S PATENT – ADJUSTABLE ROOF RIDGE VENT

The Adjustable Roof Ridge Vent was invented by Michael S. Coulton (Lansdale, PA), Kenneth L. Laubsch (Chalfont, PA) on the 30^th of October, 2001, bearing patent number US6308472B1.

The present invention provides a roof ridge vent for installation overlying an open roof ridge to provide ventilation to a space beneath a roof. The vent is constructed as a continuous, indeterminate-length, single-sheet, roll-form web of plastic material which is rolled lengthwise into a spiral roll during manufacture and unrolled lengthwise in a substantially straight direction during installation on the roof ridge. Thus, when installed, the web forms a continuous, one-piece roof ridge vent along the entire roof ridge. The vent includes alignment means which is integrally formed in the web and which enables the web to be laterally and/or angularly repositioned along its otherwise substantially straight length so that, during installation, the vent can be properly aligned over the roof ridge in a non-distorted and unbuckled manner.