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US 5,295,903 AGranted
Side curtain assembly for air conditioning unit
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsTheodore S. Bolton, John H. Michaels
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Abstract
An extendable side curtain assembly for use in association with a window air conditioning unit that can be snap locked to the cabinet without the use of tools or the like.
Claims8
An extendable side curtain assembly for use in a room air conditioner comprising:
- an enclosure housing a window air conditioning unit, said enclosure further including a first vertically disposed locking member secured to a side wall thereof;
- an adjustable frame containing an expandable curtain, said frame being slidably mounted in said enclosure adjacent to said side wall;
- said frame further containing a second vertically disposed locking member joined to one end of said curtain and being movably mounted in said adjustable frame;
- one of said locking members being a resilient U-shaped open-sided channel having a pair of opposed legs and a base, said open side of said channel facing the other locking member and containing a locking rib means mounted upon one leg of the channel that passes laterally into the entrance region of said channel opening;
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- said other locking member being receivable within said channel opening of said one locking member, and containing a locking tab means for resiliently passing under the locking rib means to join together the members in locking engagement.
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Apparatus for locking an extendable side curtain assembly to an enclosure of an air conditioning unit that includes
- a first vertical locking member that includes a bar extending along one side wall of the enclosure,
- spaced apart retaining ear pairs extending horizontally from one side of said bar,
- spaced apart locking tabs extending horizontally from the other side of said bar, said tabs being located about midway between said retaining ear pairs,
- a second channel shaped locking member being about equal in length to that of said first locking member and having a pair of parallel legs spaced apart a distance about equal to the distance over the retaining ears and the locking tabs on said first locking member whereby the first locking member is receivable within the second locking member,
- locking rib means mounted on one leg of the channel of said second locking member that extends inwardly into the entrance of said channel opening to engage each of the locking tabs on said bar when the first locking member is placed within the channel of the second locking member to secure the channel to the side wall of the enclosure, and
- an extendable curtain secured to the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.