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US 6,045,176 AGranted
Detachable sun roof vent assembly
OwnerChris M. Shoupinventor
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Abstract
A vent assembly that is attached to the vehicle roof along the front edge of the sun roof opening that captures air and directs the air out through an air discharge opening. The air discharge opening is provided with an air flow direction deflector to allow the occupants of the vehicle to direct the airflow through the vent assembly to the desired areas within the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The vent assembly also includes a baffle assembly to allow the user to control the volume of air output from the air discharge opening.
Claims1
A detachable sun roof vent assembly comprising:
- a vent housing body having an air intake opening and an air outlet opening in connection with each other;
- a bug screen structure covering said air intake opening;
- a vehicle roof attachment assembly in connection with said vent housing body including a roof edge receiving channel formed into said front of said vent housing body and securing clamps provided in connection with said vent housing body and positioned in a manner to grip and hold a section of a vehicle roof within said roof edge receiving channel;
- an air discharge direction deflector mounted in connection with said vent housing body and positionable to direct said air discharged from said air discharge opening of said vent housing body in user selected directions;
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- an air baffle assembly mounted between said air intake opening and said air discharge opening of said vent housing body and positionable by a user to control said flow of air between said air intake opening and said air discharge opening by sliding a baffle plate into and out of said vent housing body.
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