Chimney cap
OwnerFrederic F. Giumenta, Frank J. Giumentainventors
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Abstract
A chimney cap for protecting the upper open end of a chimney flue from the ingress of undesirable elements, such as squirrels, raccoons and birds or the like, is disclosed. The cap comprises a housing having four perforated sides which are detachably connected to one another in succession, the four sides each being formed from a flat metal blank provided with slots at one vertical edge portion and upturned tongues at the opposite vertical edge portion, the tongues of each perforated side projecting through the slots of an adjoining perforated side to thereby secure the perforated sides to one another and present a four-sided enclosure. The foregoing abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope in any way.
Claims4
A readily collapsible chimney cap for protecting the upper open end of a chimney flue from ingress of undesirable elements, said cap comprising a housing having four perforated sides which are detachably connected to one another in succession, each of said perforated sides having a slotted flange at one edge portion and a tongued flange at an opposite distally spaced edge portion, each of said slotted flanges being bent perpendicular to and formed integral with its respective one of said perforated sides, each of said tongued flanges being coplanar and formed integral with its respective one of said perforated sides, each of said slotted flanges being formed with at least one slot, each of said tongued flanges being formed with at least one tongue, said perforated sides being arranged in succession with one another such that the slotted flange of one perforated side overlies a corresponding one of said tongued flanges of a separate but adjoining perforated side, the tongue of each of said tongued flanges being arranged at a location corresponding with and projecting through the slot formed in the slotted flange of the adjoining one of said perforated sides.
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