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US 12,624,857 B2Granted
Toolless installation and cleaning of vent assembly
AssigneeFiltrex Pure Air, LLC
InventorDominic Pecchia
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Abstract
A filtered air vent apparatus has a vent housing body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall defining a portion of an air passageway that extends between at least a first open end and a second open end. There is a grill hingedly attachable to the vent housing body and securable to the vent housing body. A connector provides a snap-in configuration that permits or effectuates toolless installation of the filtered air vent apparatus. A filter is selectively and removably positioned behind the grill and in the air passageway. The grill may be removable connected to the vent housing body to allow the grill to be cleaned a number of different manners.
Claims14
A method for an air vent apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a vent housing body toward an opening of a duct, wherein the opening is within a wall;
- connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct via a toolless installation, wherein the toolless installation of connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct is effectuated by a toolless connector that extends from a rear surface of the vent housing body;
- connecting a grill to the vent housing body, wherein connecting the grill to the vent housing body is accomplished by a hinged connection near a bottom of the grill;
- disconnecting the grill entirely from the vent housing body while the vent housing body remains connected to the wall in the toolless manner;
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- cleaning the grill while the grill is entirely disconnected from the vent housing body.
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A method for an air vent apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a vent housing body toward an opening of a duct, wherein the opening is within a wall;
- connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct via a toolless installation, wherein the toolless installation of connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct is effectuated by a toolless connector that extends from a rear surface of the vent housing body;
- connecting a grill to the vent housing body;
- disconnecting the grill from the vent housing body;
- cleaning the grill while the grill is disconnected from the vent housing body;
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- installing a plate in the vent housing body in a space previously occupied by a filter after having removed the filter, wherein the plate is operable to preclude or inhibit air flow through the grill.
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A method for an air vent apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a vent housing body toward an opening of a duct, wherein the opening is within a wall;
- connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct via a toolless installation, wherein the toolless installation of connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct is effectuated by a toolless connector that extends from a rear surface of the vent housing body;
- connecting a grill to the vent housing body;
- hingedly opening the grill relative the vent housing body while the vent housing body remains connected one of the wall and the air duct, wherein a filter remains in the vent housing body when the grill is hinged open, and maintaining the filter stationary as the grill is hinged open;
- disconnecting the grill entirely from the vent housing body while the vent housing body remains connected to the wall in the toolless manner;
- and
- cleaning the grill while the grill is entirely disconnected from the vent housing body.
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A method for an air vent apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a vent housing body toward an opening of a duct, wherein the opening is within a wall;
- connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct via a toolless installation, wherein the toolless installation of connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct is effectuated by a toolless connector that extends from a rear surface of the vent housing body;
- connecting a grill to the vent housing body;
- disconnecting the grill from the vent housing body;
- cleaning the grill while the grill is disconnected from the vent housing body;
- hingedly opening the grill relative the vent housing body while the vent housing body remains connected one of the wall and the air duct, wherein a filter remains in the vent housing body when the grill is hinged open, and maintaining the filter stationary as the grill is hinged open;
- removing the filter from the vent housing body after the grill is hinged open;
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- installing a plate in the vent housing body in a space previously occupied by the filter after having removed the filter, wherein the plate is operable to preclude or inhibit air flow through the grill.
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A method for an air vent apparatus, the method comprising:
- moving a vent housing body toward an opening of a duct, wherein the opening is within a wall;
- connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct via a toolless installation, wherein the toolless installation of connecting the vent housing body to one of the wall and the air duct is effectuated by a toolless connector that extends from a rear surface of the vent housing body;
- connecting a grill to the vent housing body;
- disposing a filter between the grill and the vent housing body;
- pivoting the grill open via a hinge while the vent housing body remains connected one of the wall and the air duct, wherein the filter remains in the vent housing body when the grill is hinged open, and maintaining the filter stationary as the grill is hinged open;
- and
- removing the filter from the vent housing body when the grill is hinged open;
- disconnecting the grill entirely from the vent housing body while the vent housing body remains connected to the wall in the toolless manner;
- and
- cleaning the grill while the grill is entirely disconnected from the vent housing body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.