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A vent which is attachable but not attached to a structure includes a body having openings for passage of air therethrough while resisting undesired entry of foreign matter. The body has a plurality of fastener receiving passageways. Passageways have an entry end and an exit end and fasteners extend

A vent which is attachable but not attached to a structure includes a body having openings for passage of air therethrough while resisting undesired entry of foreign matter. The body has a plurality of fastener receiving passageways. Passageways have an entry end and an exit end and fasteners extend into the passageways for retention therein prior to securement of the vent to the structure. The passageways are preferably composed of a resilient material and the passageway opening has at least portions of lesser opening size than the average diameter of the shank of the fasteners such as nails. In another embodiment, the passageways may be composed of a suitable metal. The passageway may have radially inwardly projecting portions which define a generally triangular segmented surface for retention of the fastener. The vent may be a roof ridge ventilator or other type of vent. The ventilator with the preattached fasteners may be shipped to the ultimate installation site in this manner thereby eliminating the need for the installer to separately handle and position each nail.

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1. A vent which is attachable, but not attached to a structure comprisinga body having openings for passage of air therethrough while resisting undesired entry of foreign matter,said body having a plurality of tubular passageways for receipt of fasteners therein,said passageways having an entry end

1. A vent which is attachable, but not attached to a structure comprisinga body having openings for passage of air therethrough while resisting undesired entry of foreign matter,said body having a plurality of tubular passageways for receipt of fasteners therein,said passageways having an entry end and an exit end, andfasteners extending into at least some of said passageways for retention therein prior to attachment of said vent to said structure. 2. The vent of claim 1 includingsaid fasteners being nails. 3. The vent of claim 2 includingsaid nails having a length greater than the length of said passageway into which it extends. 4. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid nails extending more than one-half way into said passageways. 5. The vent of claim 4 includingsaid nails extending into substantially the entire length of said passageways. 6. The vent of claim 5 includingsaid nails not projecting substantially beyond the exit end of said passageways. 7. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid passageways having a first section of a first opening size adjacent to said entry end, andsaid passageways having a second section with a second opening size adjacent to said exit. 8. The vent of claim 7 includingsaid second opening size being larger than said first opening size. 9. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid passageways having a generally triangular interior opening configuration. 10. The vent of claim 3 includinga recess disposed adjacent to said entry end, andsaid recess receiving the head of a said nail. 11. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid passageways having generally radially inwardly projecting portions in contact with said nail. 12. The vent of claim 7 includingsaid body passageways composed of a resilient material, andsaid nails having an average shank diameter greater than said first section opening size. 13. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid vent being a panel for an elongated roof ridge ventilator. 14. The vent of claim 13 includingsaid ridge vent panels having a generally V-shaped web portion with two opposed lateral edges and two opposed ends and an upper surface facing toward the atmosphere and an inner surface, andsaid body passageways extending generally downwardly from said inner surface. 15. The vent of claim 14 includinga first plurality of said body passageways extending generally in a line parallel to a first said lateral edge, anda second plurality of said body passageways extending generally in a line parallel to a second said lateral edge. 16. The vent of claim 15 includingthe center-to-center spacing between adjacent said passageways in a said line being about 10 to 14 inches. 17. The vent of claim 15 includingthe center-to-center spacing between a pair of adjacent said body passageways disposed in opposite said lines being about 9 to 11 inches measured along said web portion. 18. The vent of claim 3 includingsaid nails having a total length substantially greater than the axial length of said body passageway. 19. The vent of claim 18 includingsaid body passageways having a length of about 30 to 60 percent of the length of said nail. 20. The vent of claim 1 includingsaid fasteners being in interference fit within said passageways so as to resist undesired separation of the fastener from the passageway. 21. The vent of claim 1 includingsaid body passageways being composed of metal. 22. The vent of claim 21 includingsaid body passageways having a length of about 10 to 70 percent of the length of said nail.