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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric A Rieke, Lapeer, MI (US);
Charles E Schiedegger, Metamora, MI (US);
Jack G Wnuk, Lapeer, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mid-America Building Products Corporation, Plymouth, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52199 ; 523021 ; 454365 ;
Abstract
The plastic roof vent including a longitudinally extending thinner portion is provided adjacent the vanes and a foraminous strip is bonded as by heat bonding or ultrasonic welding to the roof vent. In accordance with the method and apparatus, the plastic roof vent is bent along the thinner hinge line to provide access for placing of the strip of porous material and for bonding the strip to the plastic roof vent.