Leveling arms for a low profile room air conditioner
AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Kennedy, Richard F. Stewart
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Abstract
Leveling arms for a low profile room air conditioner which are pivotally mounted to a side of an air conditioner housing at an inner end and have an arcuate slotted opening adjacent an outer end. A threaded fastener or clamping bolt is threaded into the air conditioner housing and extends through the arcuate opening. The threaded fastener is loosened to allow the position of the associated arm to be adjusted. The arms have an inner surface providing a series of radial teeth which mesh with like teeth on the outer surface of the housing when the threaded fastener is tightened, thereby retaining the arms in the desired position.
Claims4
In a room air conditioner adapted to be mounted in an opening defined by a window assembly having a windowsill, the outer portion of which has a downwardly sloping surface, the air conditioner having an enclosure with sidewalls and a bottom surface adapted to rest against an inner portion of said windowsill, the improvement which comprises:
- a pair of adjustable leveling arms, each being pivotally connected to a respective sidewall of said enclosure just above an outer portion of said windowsill, each arm being adapted to pivot about a pivot axis at an inner end thereof between a retracted position above a plane of said windowsill and a downwardly extending position in engagement with the outer portion of said windowsill;
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- means for securing each of said arms relative to the respective enclosure sidewall in its downwardly extended position, wherein each of said arms defines an arcuate slot through which a portion of said securing means extends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.