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US 9,631,832 · App. 13/773,726 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Air distribution apparatus

Inventor: Dale Gene Malott (Middlebury, IN)
Assignee: Dometic Corporation
F24F13/10F24F13/06F24F2221/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,631,832
App. No.
13/773,726
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air distribution apparatus for mounting with respect to an air conditioning port in a ceiling surface is provided. The air distribution apparatus includes at least one bracket and an air distribution device. The at least one bracket includes a body portion and a protrusion extending from the body portion. The protrusion includes an abutment surface configured to abut a ceiling surface while the body portion at least partially extends into an air conditioning port of a ceiling surface. The air distribution device is configured to be mounted to the bracket to distribute air from an air conditioning port in a ceiling surface.

Claims (12)

1. An air distribution cover including a sidewall and a bottom wall, the bottom wall including a supply port, comprising:

a grille and a door disposed above said grille,

wherein the door is configured to translate with respect to the grille between a fully opened position and a fully closed position,

wherein the door includes a cantilevered biasing member formed as part of the door and a grasping element connected to said cantilevered biasing member of said door and said grasping element depending below the grille, wherein the grasping element is biased toward the grille to provide sufficient friction to maintain a position between the fully opened position and the fully closed position.

2. The air distribution cover of claim 1 , wherein the door conforms to a curvature of the grille in the fully closed position.

3. The air distribution cover of claim 1 , wherein the air distribution cover includes a gutter along which the door can translate between the fully opened position and the fully closed position.

4. The air distribution cover of claim 3 , wherein the grille includes a slot between two adjacent grille members, and the door includes a guide configured to travel within the slot thereby guiding the translating movement of the door.

5. The air distribution cover of claim 1 , the cantilevered biasing member including a cantilever beam.

6. An air distribution cover including a sidewall and a bottom wall, the bottom wall including a supply port, comprising:

a grille and a door disposed on a first side said grille,

wherein the door is configured to move relative to the grille between a fully opened position and a fully closed position,

wherein the door includes a cantilevered biasing member formed as part of the door and a grasping element engaging said cantilevered biasing member of said door and said grasping element located on a second side of the grille, wherein the grasping element is biased toward the grille to provide sufficient friction to maintain a position between the fully opened position and the fully closed position.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2019
From: DOMETIC CORPORATION
To: DOMETIC SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 049292/0565 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2016
From: MALOTT, DALE GENE
To: DOMETIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040694/0021 →
Continuity (3)
Division 11943195 · Nov 20, 2007
Provisional Application 60860752 · Nov 22, 2006
Related Publication 20130157557A1 · Jun 20, 2013