Patents by Inventor Ravinder Nair

Ravinder Nair has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6015343
    Abstract: Tile roof vent for covering the opening of the ridge of an undulating tile roof. The vent includes two panels spaced from each other, each of which has a hard plastic sheet with a lower portion and an upper portion. To the underside of the lower portions are affixed an air-permeable mat and optionally a layer of foam rubber which conform to the undulating configuration of the tile roof. The lower portions of the hard plastic sheets are reinforced by stiffeners integral with the hard plastic sheet and also contain vent holes for exhausting air from the attic space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Building Materials Corporation of America
    Inventors: Richard Castillo, Ravinder Nair, Krishna Srinivasan, Edward C. Villela
  • Patent number: 5971848
    Abstract: A roof ridge ventilator made of a flexible unitary plastic panel adjustable to the configuration of various roof pitches having: Z-shaped and Y-shaped supports spaced from and alternating each other supporting the panel over the roof; ventilation means of rows of vent slots and slats running longitudinally on the two sides of the panel in which the slots and slats have trapezoidal configurations; vertical exterior baffles integral with the vent slats and running parallel thereto; and baffle extenders integral with the exterior baffles and at an angle of from about 130.degree. to about 160.degree. from the plane of the vertical exterior baffles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Building Materials Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ravinder Nair, Edward C. Villela