HIP VENT

摘要

A vent is disclosed that is particularly suited to use in ventilating attic spaces beneath a hip roof. The vent is configured to be installed along a hip of the roof overlying and covering a ventilation slot formed through the roof deck along the hip. The vent includes an elongated laterally flexible top panel from which baffle arrays depend. The baffle arrays are formed of a plurality of depending arcuately curved vanes that arc away from the vent. The vanes are aerodynamically shaped to redirect wind-blown rain and snow away from the vent and are configured to block the migration of rain and snow through the vent. A pair of spongy conformable filler strips is attached beneath the edge portions of the vent. The filler strips conform to the shapes of underlying shingles when the vent is installed to fill any gaps that otherwise might be formed between the vent and the shingles. A weather filter drapes over some of the baffle arrays to allow attic air to pass but prevent ingress of blown snowflakes and raindrops.

主权项

1. A vent for covering a slot formed along a ridge or a hip of a roof to provide ventilation, the vent comprising:
a laterally flexible top panel having a central portion and edge portions; a baffle array depending from the top panel along the edge portions thereof, the baffle array comprising a plurality of vanes configured and positioned to encounter and redirect rainwater and snow away from the vent and onto an adjacent sloped portion of the roof; and a filler strip extending along at least a portion of the baffle arrays, the filler strip being made of a material that conforms to uneven surfaces of roof shingles when the vent is installed on a roof.