Patents by Inventor Michael P. Donnelly

Michael P. Donnelly 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: 5697842
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for peaks of sloped roofs formed of roofing sheets include a number of roof tiles, a longitudinal vent gap between the roofing sheets at the peak, two rail members, one rail member being secured to the roofing sheets longitudinally along each side of the vent gap, where the rail members are laterally spaced apart from each other a distance, each rail member including an upright side wall portion, a fastening flange portion angling downwardly and outwardly from the lower edge of the side wall portion to rest against the roofing sheets, a series of tile fastening blocks fitted between the rail members and spaced apart from each other a distance substantially matching the length of the individual the roof tiles, a series of the tiles placed in overlapping fashion and longitudinally along and straddling both of the rail members, each tile having a higher end which rests on top of the lower end of the next tile in the series of the tiles so that the overlapping tile segments are located over posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Michael P. Donnelly