Integral filter and grill assembly for a cold air return

A grill and filter assembly having a replaceable filter element, assembly comprising:

• a frame assembly having an outer frame forming a face and a wall extending substantially orthogonally from the outer frame to form a grill insert receiving window;
• a grill insert sized and structured to be removably retainable within the grill insert receiving window and comprising:
• a plurality of louvers;
• a filter assembly housing;
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• a plurality of spaced apart filter retention flanges mounted to sidewalls of the filter assembly housing and extending inwardly toward a center of the filter assembly housing;
• a filter assembly comprising a loop covered with a fabric filter material;
• the loop capable of flexure, the filter assembly sized and structured to be removably insertable within the filter housing and removably retainable under the filter retention flanges, wherein the filter assembly housing is sized, and the retention flanges are located along the filter assembly housing sidewalls, such that the filter assembly can be flexed and slid from under the retention flanges to remove it from the grill insert;
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• a plurality of magnets attached to the frame assembly wall and located to magnetically retain the grill insert within the frame assembly grill insert receiving window.

A grill and filter assembly having a replaceable filter element, the assembly consisting of:

• a frame assembly having an outer frame forming a face and an wall extending substantially orthogonally from the outer frame;
• a grill insert comprising a plurality of louvers, a filter housing having a plurality of sidewalls, and a plurality of flanges extending inwardly from the filter housing sidewalls, the filter housing sidewalls having a lateral length that is no greater than the thickness of standard drywall;
• a filter assembly comprising a loop covered with a fabric filter material;
• the loop capable of flexure, the filter assembly insertable within the filter housing and under the flanges;
• a plurality of magnets attached to the frame assembly wall and located to magnetically hold the grill insert within the frame assembly;
• wherein the flanges and filter housing are structurally adapted to allow the filter assembly to be flexed and slid from under the flanges to remove it from the grill insert.