Boat vent
AssigneeAttwood Corporation
InventorWarwick M. Whitley, II
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Abstract
A grill to be mounted over a ventilation opening of a boat has a molded plastic primary section and separate indentical molded plastic end sections. Interengaging fingers automatically align the sections at installation. To accommodate vent openings of different lengths, only the primary section has to be changed.
Claims14
A grill for covering a vent opening in a panel of a boat, said grill having a primary section and a pair of end sections, said primary section having a ventilation zone, said zone having a plurality of air flow openings extending therethrough, said zone being spaced from both sides and the ends of said primary section;
- each of said end sections and ends of said primary section having a back face with a recess therein, said primary and end sections having abutting edges and interengaging fingers in their respective recesses and projecting from their respective edges with the fingers on said primary section extending into the recess and behind the back face of the corresponding one of said end sections whereby said end sections hold said primary section against the surface of said panel.
A grill for a vent opening in a panel of a boat, said grill having a primary section and a pair of end sections, said primary section having a ventilation zone, said zone having a plurality of air flow openings extending therethrough separated by narrow elongated vanes;
- said zone being spaced from both sides and the ends of said primary section and surrounded by a rearwardly projecting flange;
- each of said end sections and end portions of said primary section having a back face with a recess therein, said primary and end sections having abutting edges and interengaging fingers in their respective recesses, said fingers projecting from their respective abutment edges with the fingers on said primary section extending into the recess of the corresponding one of said end sections whereby said end sections hold said primary section against the surface of said panel.
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