Roof ridge ventilator

Claim 1

A ROOF RIDGE VENTILATOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A TOP COVER PART HAVING SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM A LONGITUDINAL RIDGE IN ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, OUTER SIDE WALLS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP PORTIONS, PANELS NARROWER THAN THE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE TOP COVER PART EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER SIDE WALLS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE TOP PART AND FACING DOWNWARDLY, INNER SIDE WALLS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PANELS IN SPACED AND OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER AND DEFINING A CENTRAL OPEN THROAT THEREBETWEEN WHICH SERVES AS AN AIR FLOW PASSAGE, SIDE FLASHING PORTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER FROM THE BOTTOMS OF THE INNER SIDE WALLS, SAID PANELS HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN AND LOUVERS THEREON WHICH EXTEND UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY OF THE PANELS OVER EACH OF SAID OPENINGS, SAID SIDE FLASHING PORTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY BEYOND THE PANELS AND OUTER SIDE WALLS AND HAVING OUTER MARGINAL NAILING PORTIONS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND OFFSET FROM THE GENERAL PLANES OF THE FLASHING PORTIONS, SAID MARGINAL NAILING PORTIONS OF THE FLASHING PORTIONS HAVING STIFFENING BEADS FORMED THEREIN AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF NEAR THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FLASHING PORTIONS, NARROW OUTER MARGINAL PORTIONS OF SAID FLASHING PORTIONS OUTWARDLY OF THE STIFFENING BEADS BENT TO EXTEND DOWNWARDLY IN OBTUSE ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP TO THE FLASHING PORTIONS TO PROVIDE RELATIVELY STIFF AND THIN ROOF ENGAGING EDGES, AND MEANS PROVIDING BAFFLES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM OUTER EDGE REGIONS OF SAID FLASHING PORTIONS SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER SIDE WALLS AND TERMINATING BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID RIDGE OF THE VENTILATOR TO DEFLECT WIND DRIVEN RAIN AND SNOW FROM BEING DRIVEN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE FLASHING PORTIONS TOWARD SAID INNER SIDE WALLS AND THE LOUVERED OPENINGS IN SAID PANELS.