Patents by Inventor Joe E. Smith

Joe E. Smith 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: 6260315
    Abstract: A roof ridge vent for covering an opening at a peak of a roof. The roof ridge vent includes a top panel portion having first and second opposed lateral edges and having first and second opposed ends. The roof ridge vent includes a plurality of support members depending downwardly from the underside of the top panel portion, and the roof ridge vent also includes first and second lateral ventilation louvers respectively disposed adjacent the first and second opposed lateral edges. The vent also has first and second undulating sidewalls respectively downwardly depending from, and adjacent to, the first and second opposed lateral edges, with each of the sidewalls being non-planar and undulating along its said respective lateral edge such that the roof ridge vent may be flexingly rolled lengthwise into a spiral roll prior to installation and further may be unrolled lengthwise during installation over the peak of a roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Lomanco, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe E. Smith
  • Patent number: 6233887
    Abstract: A roof ridge vent for covering an opening at a peak of a roof. The roof ridge vent includes a top panel portion having first and second opposed lateral edges and having first and second opposed ends. The roof ridge vent includes a plurality of support members depending downwardly from the underside of the top panel portion, and the roof ridge vent also includes first and second lateral ventilation louvers respectively disposed adjacent the first and second opposed lateral edges. The vent also has first and second undulating sidewalls respectively downwardly depending from, and adjacent to, the first and second opposed lateral edges, with each of the sidewalls being non-planar and undulating along its said respective lateral edge such that the roof ridge vent may be flexingly rolled lengthwise into a spiral roll prior to installation and further may be unrolled lengthwise during installation over the peak of a roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Lomanco, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe E. Smith
  • Patent number: 5772502
    Abstract: An adjustable-pitch ridge vent having accordion-shaped pleated end plugs for covering an opening at the peak of a roof. The ridge vent has a top panel having opposed lateral edges and having opposed ends, and has a flexible midsection parallel to the opposed lateral edges. A plurality of semi-circular supports extending downwardly from the underside of the top panel suspend the top panel above the roof. Lateral sidewall portions, which downwardly depend from the lateral edges of the vent, have louvered ventilation openings for allowing air to escape out of the opening at the roof's peak and pass from under the vent. Gutters with outwardly upturned lips and with drain openings are adjacent the ventilation openings. Coacting male and female joiners, respectively at the ends of the vent, sealingly join adjacent like ridge vents to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Lomanco, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe E. Smith
  • Patent number: D666707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lomanco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Eikhoff, Joe E. Smith