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US 8,127,562 B2Granted
Cover assembly for air conditioner opening
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorAdam Gilder
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided including first and second base members having upper and lower flanges, and a cover. The second based member is configured to be adjustably attached to the first base member to define an opening. The cover is configured to be attached to the first base member and/or the second base member to cover the opening. The upper and lower flanges of the first base member are configured to receive a first edge of a hole of an air conditioner plenum and the upper and lower flanges of the second base member are configured to receive a second edge of the hole of the air conditioner plenum.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a first base member having an upper flange and a lower flange;
- a second base member having an upper flange and a lower flange, said second based member being configured to be adjustably attached to said first base member to define an opening;
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- a cover configured to be attached to said first base member and/or said second base member to cover said opening,
- wherein said upper flange and said lower flange of said first base member are configured to receive a first edge of a hole of an air conditioner plenum and said upper flange and said lower flange of said second base member are configured to receive a second edge of the hole of the air conditioner plenum.
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A system comprising:
- an air conditioning plenum having an upper surface with an air conditioning outlet and a hole;
- an electronic component cabinet attached to said upper surface of said air conditioning plenum, said electronic component cabinet having one or more air intakes on a first side thereof and one or more air outlets on a second side thereof, wherein said hole fluidly connects to an interior of said electronic component cabinet, and wherein said air conditioning outlet is provided at a location adjacent said first side of said electronic component cabinet;
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- an apparatus including:
- a first base member having an upper flange and a lower flange;
- a second base member having an upper flange and a lower flange, said second based member being configured to be adjustably attached to said first base member to define an opening;
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- a cover configured to be attached to said first base member and/or said second base member to cover said opening,
- wherein said upper flange and said lower flange of said first base member are configured to receive a first edge of said hole of said air conditioner plenum and said upper flange and said lower flange of said second base member are configured to receive a second edge of said hole of said air conditioner plenum.
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A method comprising:
- providing an air conditioning plenum having an upper surface with an air conditioning outlet and a hole;
- providing an electronic component cabinet on the upper surface of the air conditioning plenum, the electronic component cabinet having one or more air intakes on a first side thereof and one or more air outlets on a second side thereof, wherein the hole fluidly connects to an interior of the electronic component cabinet, and wherein the air conditioning outlet is provided at a location adjacent the first side of the electronic component cabinet;
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- covering the hole by providing an apparatus within the hole, wherein the apparatus includes:
- a first base member having an upper flange and a lower flange,
- a second base member having an upper flange and a lower flange, the second based member being adjustably attached to the first base member to define an opening, and
- a cover attached to the first base member and/or the second base member to cover the opening,
- wherein the covering of the hole includes providing the apparatus within the hole such that the upper flange and the lower flange of the first base member receive a first edge of the hole of the air conditioner plenum and the upper flange and the lower flange of the second base member receive a second edge of the hole of the air conditioner plenum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.