Method of creating a roof venting space

• US 7,493,730 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2004
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harry C. Fennell Jr
• Original Assignee: Harry C. Fennell Jr
• Inventors: Fennell, Harry C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield; Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): FONSECA, JESSIE T
• Application Number:
  US10/961,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20050076607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 521/98, 521/99, 52/95, 52/901, 52/902, 52/921, 52D/IG.17, 523/023, 527/450.6, 527/12, 523/021, 522/75, 522/76, 522/78, 522/79, 454/364, 454/365, 454/366, 454/368
• US Class Current: 52/199
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/2644 Brackets, gussets or joining plates
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/5868 Hinged connections
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 7/02 with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs E04B7/12 takes precedence

Abstract

A method of creating a roof venting space includes assembling a plurality of roof rafters where at least one end of the plurality of roof rafters are assembled to a surface to define a space between the one end of the plurality of roof rafters and the surface, attaching roof sheathing to the outside of the plurality of roof rafters where the roof sheathing covers the space creating a continuous internal ducting space, and connecting a vent to the continuous internal ducting space.

Claims

1. A method of creating a roof venting space comprising:

assembling a plurality of opposed pairs of transversely-spaced and longitudinally-extending roof rafters having square-cut end faces wherein opposing and aligned ends of each pair of opposed roof rafters of said plurality of roof rafters is secured using a construction bracket having a first flange and a second flange angled to said first flange wherein an outside surface of said first flange is secured against the square-cut end face of one of said pair of opposed roof rafters and an outside surface of said second flange is secured against the square-cut end face of the other of said pair of opposed roof rafters, said first flange and said second flange forming a single, continuous space without any intervening structure between an inside surface of said first flange and an inside surface of said second flange; and

attaching a covering to the outside of said plurality of roof rafters wherein said covering covers said space between said first flange and said second flange creating a continuous internal ducting space.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising pivotally adjusting said construction bracket to obtain a predefined angle between said opposing and aligned ends.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising securing said construction bracket adjacent to said opposing and aligned ends of said opposed roof rafters.

4. A method of creating a roof venting space comprising:

assembling a plurality of roof rafters wherein at least one square-cut end face of each of said plurality of roof rafters is secured to an outside surface of a first flange of a construction bracket and an outside surface of a second flange of said construction bracket is secured to a surface wherein said first flange is angled to said second flange and spatially positions said plurality of square-cut end faces of said plurality of roof rafters connected to said first flange a predefined distance from said surface creating a single, continuous space without any intervening structure between an inside surface of said first flange and an inside surface of said second flange, said construction bracket of each of said plurality of roof rafters together defining a longitudinally extending space between said square-cut end faces of said plurality of roof rafters and said surface; and

attaching a covering to the outside of said plurality of roof rafters wherein said covering covers said space creating a continuous internal ducting space.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising pivotally adjusting said construction bracket to obtain a predefined angle between said at least one end of said plurality of roof rafters and said surface.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising securing said construction bracket adjacent to said opposing ends of said opposed roof rafters.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein said surface is square-cut end faces of opposed roof rafters.

8. A method of venting a roof comprising:

creating a continuous internal space at a ridge, hip, or valley of a roof bounded by a covering by attaching an outside surface of a first flange of a construction bracket against a square-cut end face of each of a plurality of transversely-spaced and longitudinally-extending roof rafters, attaching an outside surface of a second flange of said construction bracket against a securing surface wherein said first flange forms an angle to said second flange and said angle defines a single, continuous space without any intervening structure between said first flange and said second flange, and covering said space and said plurality of roof rafters.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising pivotally adjusting said construction bracket to obtain a predefined angle between said one square-cut end of said plurality of roof rafters and said surface.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising securing said construction bracket adjacent to said square cut end face of each of said plurality of roof rafters.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein said securing surface is square-cut end faces of opposed roof rafters.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising pivotally adjusting said construction bracket to obtain a predefined angle between said end face of each of said plurality of roof rafters to said end face of each of said opposed roof rafters.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising securing said construction bracket adjacent to said end face of one of said plurality of roof rafters to said end face of one of said opposed roof rafters.