Assembly, kit and method for securing a covering to an air intake face

An assembly kit for installing a flexible ply material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said kit comprising:

• a plurality of elongated supports adapted to being arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face of the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a “U” shaped cross sectional shape with a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot;
• a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot;
• a plurality of inserts adapted to inter-engage said end locations of opposing extending supports to define a closed perimeter, said inserts further including each of angled and linear interconnecting configurations for configuring an extending perimeter of said elongated supports;
• a mesh exhibiting a rectangular outline overlays said elongated supports, said mesh including any substantially to fully rigid material and exhibiting an aperture pattern to permit said projecting portions of said fasteners to extend through said mesh and to retain said mesh over said forwardly projecting support surfaces;
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• the flexible ply material having a plurality of perimeter defined apertures configured about the flexible material for receiving said fasteners to affix the material against an exterior of said mesh and perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.

An assembly for protecting an air intake opening defined within a surrounding perimeter extending face, comprising:

• a plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face at locations around the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot;
• a plurality of fasteners including a first portion installable through an accessible end location of each support and which is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said installed portion and through said slot;
• a rigid mesh exhibiting a polygonal outline which overlays said elongated supports, said mesh including any substantially to fully rigid material and exhibiting an aperture pattern to permit said projecting portions of said fasteners to extend through said mesh and to retain said mesh against said forwardly projecting support surfaces;
• a further end attaching portion associated with each fastener secured to said projecting portion to affix the rigid mesh in engagement with the perimeter extending supports over the intake opening;
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• an additional plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face outwardly of said rigid mesh engaging elongated supports at locations around the intake opening, each of said outwardly engaging supports exhibiting a support surface projecting forwardly relative outer adjoining edges of said rigid mesh within which is configured a slot, a covering securing about an outer perimeter thereof to said outwardly positioned supports via a further plurality of fasteners to overlay and surround said rigid mesh.

An assembly for installing a covering over an air intake opening in engagement with a surrounding perimeter extending face, comprising:

• a plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face around the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot;
• a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot;
• a mesh exhibiting a rectangular outline which overlays said elongated supports, said mesh including any substantially to fully rigid material and exhibiting an aperture pattern extending in proximity to outer edge locations for receiving projecting portions of said fasteners to extend through said mesh and to retain said mesh over said forwardly projecting support surfaces, said aperture pattern further including diamond shaped apertures which are further defined by cross-wise extending and interconnecting portions;
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• the covering further including a flexible material having a plurality of perimeter defined apertures for receiving said projecting portions of said fasteners to affix the flexible material against an exterior surface of said rigid mesh in engagement with the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.

An assembly for installing a covering over an air intake opening in engagement with a surrounding perimeter extending face, comprising:

• a plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face around the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot;
• a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel communicable with said slot and defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and forwardly through said slot;
• a rigid member including any of a metal, plastic coated metal, plastic, rigid nylon, fiberglass or other molded material overlaying said elongated supports, said rigid member exhibiting an intersecting grid pattern defining a plurality of apertures distributed across a surface area of said rigid member, said projecting portions of said fasteners extending through selected ones of said apertures to retain said rigid member against said elongated supports;
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• a filter screen overlaying said rigid planar member and including a plurality of perimeter defined apertures for receiving said projecting portions of said fasteners, a plurality of twist caps having interiorly threaded shaft ends threadably engaging said fasteners to affix the screen against said rigid planar member over the intake opening.