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US 12,025,339 B2Granted
HVAC return filter holder
OwnerRyan Schemppinventor
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Abstract
This present invention relates to a unique HVAC air filter holder designed to prevent or reduce air from escaping or otherwise bypassing the HVAC air filter. The HVAC air filter holder comprises a filter securing device, and is a material that is compressible, moldable, expansible or the like such that it can be secured around the perimeter of the air filter.
Claims7
An air filter and filter housing combination comprising:
- an air filter having a filter dimension and a filter perimeter;
- an air filter frame having a frame dimension and a frame perimeter;
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- a filter housing having a housing dimension and a housing perimeter, wherein filter perimeter is smaller than the frame perimeter and the frame perimeter is smaller than the housing perimeter;
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- wherein the filter housing is ridged and configured to hingedly attach to an air grill;
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- wherein the air filter further comprises a poly dry media;
- and
- wherein the at least one filter holder further comprises an interior edge, an exterior surface, a continuous opening, and a plurality of flexible retaining flanges on the interior edge configured to releasably retain the air filter.
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A kit for securing an air filter in an air filter housing, wherein the kit comprises:
- at least one adhesive fastener comprising an adhesive layer and a release liner removably covering the adhesive layer;
- at least one hook and loop fastener;
- an air filter;
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- at least one air filter holder comprised of a material that is selected from a group consisting of a polyurethane, a latex, a chloroprene rubber (CR), a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and an ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer (EPDM);
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- wherein the at least one filter holder further comprises an interior edge, an exterior surface, a continuous opening, and a plurality of flexible retaining flanges on the interior edge configured to releasably retain the air filter;
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- wherein the air filter is positioned within the continuous opening;
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- wherein the at least one adhesive fastener and the at least one hook and loop fastener are attachable to the exterior surface of the at least one filter holder and are adapted to attach the at least one filter holder to an air grill;
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- wherein the at least one filter holder is customizable from a plurality of individual sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.