Having Air Deflecting Wall Extending Into Room Patents (Class 454/307)
  • Patent number: 11703250
    Abstract: Implementations of air deflectors may include a curved section coupled between a first and second sidewall. Air deflectors may also include a first magnet retainer extending from the first sidewall. The first magnet retainer may include a first retainer wall, a second retainer wall, and a retainer tab extending from the first sidewall and positioned between the first retainer wall and the second retainer wall. A first magnet may be positioned between the first retainer wall and the second retainer wall. The air deflector may also include a second magnet retainer extending from the second sidewall and a second magnet coupled with the second magnet retainer. The first retainer wall and the second retainer wall may each include a ledge directly coupled to the first magnet. The first magnet may be coupled between the retainer tab and each ledge of the first retainer wall and the second retainer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Products, LLC
    Inventors: Renee Mosiman, Michael Mosiman
  • Patent number: 11506418
    Abstract: Implementations of vent extenders may include a first portion including a back wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall and a second portion including a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second portion may be configured to extendably couple to the first portion. The vent extender may also include a pocket formed within the first portion and including a first pocket sidewall, a second pocket sidewall, a third pocket sidewall opposite the second pocket sidewall, an opening opposite the first pocket sidewall, and a base. The vent extender may also include a magnet coupled to the base of the pocket. The first pocket sidewall may be directly coupled to both of the second pocket sidewall and the third pocket sidewall. The magnet may be configured to secure the vent extender to a vent register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Renee Mosiman, Michael Mosiman
  • Patent number: 10969137
    Abstract: There is disclosed a dormer vent covering device including a dormer vent cover and an attachment device. The dormer vent cover includes a face, wherein the face is sized to cover a portion of an opening of a dormer vent, and a lip extending substantially perpendicularly from a portion of an outer edge of the face, wherein the lip is shaped to correspond to an outer shape of the dormer vent. The attachment device is detachably attachable to both the dormer vent and the dormer vent cover to attach the dormer vent cover to the dormer vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Dormer Shield, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabor Magyari
  • Patent number: 9249983
    Abstract: An air supply shutter for ventilating closed buildings includes a marginal frame with interconnected upper, lower and lateral frame members to define a centrally disposed air vent opening having inlet and outlet sides. A shutter flap is pivotally mounted on the frame for rotation about a generally horizontal axis between closed and open positions. A coupler is connected with the shutter flap and configured for engagement with an activator for shifting the shutter flap between the closed and open positions. The upper frame member includes an air guiding wall which is disposed on the outlet side of the air vent opening, faces the air vent opening, and extends upwardly at a predetermined angle to deflect the air flowing through the air vent opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BIG DUTCHMAN INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Winfried Pagenstert
  • Patent number: 9249982
    Abstract: A device for altering the airflow pattern from a ceiling vent diffuser by obstructing openings in a region of the diffuser. The device comprises a flexible member that is secured to a diffuser vane by a hook member and two tabs. The hook member has two or more engagement regions which enable it to engage vanes on different manufacturer's diffusers. The first end of the hook member is either pivotally secured to the flexible member or is engaged in an adjustment mechanism thereon. The adjustment mechanism allows the second end of the hook to be situated in different positions relative to an interior edge of the flexible member so as to accommodate different diffusers. An extension detachably engages the flexible member to increase the size thereof to accommodate larger diffusers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Airvisor Inc.
    Inventors: Chad A. Brown, Robert G. Dickie, Petri J. Nurmela, Jonathan D. Liberty
  • Publication number: 20140199937
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising an air duct, an air outlet in communication with the air duct, and an air deflector for guiding the direction of air outflow of the air conditioner, with a volute tongue being provided at an end of the air duct proximately to the air outlet, wherein it further comprises a rotation driving motor in drive connection with a left support end of the air deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Bin Shang, Tangtang Gu
  • Publication number: 20140199936
    Abstract: An indoor air-conditioner unit comprises an air duct, an air outlet connected with the air duct, and an air deflector guiding directions of air flow from the air-conditioner. A volute tongue is provided in the air duct and near an outer end of the air outlet. Wherein, the indoor air-conditioner unit further comprises a central support mechanism, which is elastically arranged between the central part of the back of the air deflector and the volute tongue, thus a complete seal of the air outlet can be achieved when the air deflector is closed, i.e., there are no gaps in the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: GREEN ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Bin Shang, Tangtang Gu
  • Patent number: 8460075
    Abstract: An assembly for covering a grill of an air conditioning unit that fits through a wall comprises a rigid or semi-rigid cover having a top, a perimeter flange to which a flexible sealing material is affixed, and having sides, the top having four corner apertures for insertion of the cords. Four elastic cords have a hook at one end and having a barrel lock slideably engaged to a second end. The barrel locks of the elastic cords collectively urge the cover against the wall so as to create an air-tight seal between the cover and the wall. The cover is urged against the wall and prevents unwanted upward hot air flow and downward cold air flow in the winter when the air conditioning system is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Mavroudis, Bill Caporale
  • Patent number: 8342923
    Abstract: An assembly for covering a grill of an air conditioning vent in the winter comprises a cover having a frame that may have a hole on a top surface and sides including a compressible material along its perimeter for sealing a vent area. In one preferred embodiment, the assembly includes an elastic cord having a looped end and a free end, the looped end being of adjustable size and having two hooks slidably connected to the cord. The hooks are configured to attach to the grill and pulling the free end of the cord tightens the looped end and the hooks. The free end may be attached to the cover so that sliding a barrel lock up the cord urges the cover against the vent area and prevents unwanted upward hot air flow and downward cold air flow in the winter when the air conditioning system is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Mavroudis, Bill Caporale
  • Publication number: 20120156982
    Abstract: An air register for covering an air duct opening in a space ventilated by a forced central air system. The invention permits the user to change the direction of the air flow by rotating the air deflector. The invention also permits the user to regulate the amount of the air flowing into the space by adjusting the shutter of the damper box, by rotating the air deflector, or by doing both. The invention therefore gives the user many options in selecting the desirable air flow setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventor: Richard DeSouza
  • Publication number: 20110081853
    Abstract: A slot diffuser deflector and air deflector assembly to redirect the air flow emitted from a slot type air diffuser are disclosed. In one embodiment, the air deflector device includes an arc deflector configured for placement suspended from a slot air diffuser having a slot opening for emission of air from a central heating and cooling system, wherein the emitted air is dispersed and directed by the arc deflector. The air deflector device includes an attachment means configured to attach the arc deflector to the slot opening of the slot air diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Rodney A. Roebuck
  • Patent number: 7794313
    Abstract: An air register cover assembly (1) comprising a front panel (2) having a face and rear portion (18) and (19), at least one spacer (4) located on the rear portion (19) and a means for hanging the front panel (2) in front of an air duct (21). An alternate embodiment may include an air register housing (5) which is fitted within an air duct. The housing (5) includes housing openings (7) to permit air from an air duct (21) to be expelled. The front panel (2) may include an insulated backing (8) having spacers (4) attached thereto. When in use, the air register cover assembly (1) re-directs the air flow so as to be expelled around the front panel (2), rather than directly into a room. The use of the present invention not only circulates air within a room, but it also makes air registers more attractive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel C. Ruberg
  • Patent number: 7651390
    Abstract: A ceiling vent air diverter is taught, in the preferred embodiment, which incorporates a diverter body configured to cover beneath an existing air vent supplying air to a room of a building. The diverter body has a rectangular flat bottom and upstanding sides with each upstanding side having a discharge air slot permitting air to be distributed in opposed directions from the diverter at a ceiling level. A peripheral flange extends outwardly from each side of the body, in parallel relationship with the bottom and is used for attachment to the building ceiling. A second embodiment is configured and functions in the same manner as above but covers over the top of an existing air vent and includes a lip on the underside of the flange. The third embodiment is for a ceiling air duct diverter system consisting of a box like housing with side walls, an open top and open sides to divert air flow and having the capability of affixing the open top near a ceiling air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffery L. Profeta, Mario S. Peca, Gregory Glodery
  • Patent number: 7635298
    Abstract: An air deflector adapted for insertion at an air vent positioned and supported by supporting shoulders of main runners and cross tees of a suspended ceiling including at least one support surface adapted for engagement with and supported by a supporting shoulder and a deflector surface in engagement with and supported by the at least one support surface and adapted to direct the flow of air from the air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventor: Gary A. Henneberry
  • Patent number: 7266964
    Abstract: A method and system of deflecting air circulated in a data center room are disclosed. A method for controlling air circulation within a room having an aisle between racks with computer systems mounted thereon comprises supplying cooling air to computer systems in the racks via holes in a floor of the room and using a deflector to reduce flow of cooling air along the aisle toward an air intake of a cooling unit without passing the computer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: SUN Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlin R. Vogel, Shlomo Novotny, Mario Lee
  • Patent number: 6929542
    Abstract: Air deflector for deflecting an air flow from an air register including a pair of mounting members adapted to be mounted on opposite sides of a venting member of the air register device and a laterally expandable guide member arranged between the mounting members. The guide member is expandable to different lengths to thereby enable the length between the mounting members to vary and allow the air deflector to be used for different sized air registers. The guide member is pivotally connected to the mounting members and pivotable into different angular positions relative to the mounting members to thereby enable the air flow to be deflected into different directions depending on the angular position of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: David M. Stravitz
  • Patent number: 6241603
    Abstract: A filtering system which is secured to a traditional air register. The filter uses a flange adapted to encircle the outlet of the traditional air register. Connected to the flange is an air filtering material which collects the dust and pollen at the air register, before the air enters the room. In one embodiment of the invention, an electro-static charge is used by the filtering material to assist in the collection of the dust and pollen. To assist the user in determining when the filter system should be replaced, the air flow pushes a flag; hence as the air flow decreases as the filter becomes clogged, the location of the flag notifies the user that the air filter system should be replaced. While a hook-and-loop fastener is sometimes used to secure the filter to the air register, the preferred embodiment uses a releasable adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: Ronald Watson
  • Patent number: 6183359
    Abstract: A cover for use with an air register. The cover includes a base part which extends about the opening through the register and is positioned between the register and the floor. Hinged to the cover base part is a deflector part which extends upwardly over the top of the register so as to cover the register opening when there is no air flow through the register. Upon air flow through the register, deflector part is blown outwardly relative to the register so as to expose the opening in the register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventors: Larry R. Klein, Emma J. Bennett
  • Patent number: 6015341
    Abstract: A device for diverting air flow upward from an air outlet of an air conditioning system to prevent impingement of cold air on vehicle occupants contains an air foil that changes the direction of air exiting the air outlet from horizontal to vertical. The air foil has a bottom portion with connecting hooks that engage the sides of the air outlet to hold the air foil in position, and has a top potion with connecting hooks that engage the top of the air outlet to hold the air foil in position. A spring biases the top hooks upward toward the top of the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Abdul-Razzak Faraj
  • Patent number: 5752877
    Abstract: An outlet nozzle assembly (10) includes a pivotal cover (20) which lies flush with the mounting structure (12) in the closed position and which pivots at one end (22) to be outwardly angled with respect to the mounting structure (12) in the open position exposing the outlet housing (18). The amount of opening may be manipulated through a ratchet mechanism (54). The cover (20) allows the outlet housing (18) to be invisible within the mounting structure (12) during non-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Collins & Aikman Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Andy Kwan-Leung Sun
  • Patent number: 5733191
    Abstract: A directional vent register having a primary grill in a generally conventional position in a top plate which pivots to expose and open a secondary grill which directs the air in a forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Inventors: Peter K. F. Lam, Nigel B. Chivers
  • Patent number: 5697841
    Abstract: An air flow register comprises a housing which is open at upper and lower ends and comprises a peripheral outwardly projecting flange at the upper end and a skirt portion which depends from the flange, the register further comprising a cowl which is pivotally mounted in the housing and which carries a plurality of spaced inclined air deflection vanes, the cowl being pivotable between a first position in which the cowl is raised to direct air from the register across a surface in which the register is located and a second position in which upper edges of the air deflector vanes extend substantially flush with the flange and in which the cowl abuts the housing skirt portion to close air flow through the cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Carl Samuel Di Giovine
  • Patent number: 5569077
    Abstract: A directional vent register having a primary grill in a generally conventional position in a top plate which pivots to expose and open a secondary grill which directs the air in a forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Inventors: Peter K. F. Lam, Nigel B. Chivers
  • Patent number: 5498203
    Abstract: A manually adjustable forced air-flow deflector for use on a register of a forced air heating system. The forced air-flow deflector comprises a back plate having a first end and a second end, with the first and second end plates secured to the respective first and second end of the back plate so as to project forwardly in generally transverse relation with respect to the back plate. The forced air-flow deflector further comprises a movable air-flow guiding plate and retaining means therefor. The movable air-flow guiding plate is retained in selectively movable relation by a retaining means comprising a first, second and third pairs of directly opposed grooves disposed one in each of the end plates. The first pair of grooves retains the air-flow guiding plate in generally upstanding relation at the front of the end plates. The second pair of grooves retains the air-flow guiding plate at a central portion of the end plates in angled relation, upwardly directed away from the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Inventor: Gottfried Reichert
  • Patent number: 5468184
    Abstract: A forced air circulation system for an enclosed room with a floor, room walls, and a ceiling. The system includes at least one distributor unit positioned adjacent the base of at least one of the room walls. The distributor unit has an elongated center section, an inlet opening for receiving forced circulation air, and an elongated outlet passage of smaller cross-sectional area than that of the inlet opening. The system also provides a deflector unit positioned on the room wall substantially upwardly of the distributor outlet passage. The deflector unit has surface portions approximately parallel and perpendicular to the wall surface as well as a transition portion connecting these surfaces. Supply and return conduits are provided for directing forced air to the distributor unit inlet and withdrawing the circulated air from the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Inventor: William R. Collier
  • Patent number: 5292282
    Abstract: An air guard assembly used to direct air forced through an overhead air diffuser toward the floor of a building. The assembly has a plurality of elongated linear baffles. Each baffle has a strip of magnetic material that adheres directly to metal ceiling structures to surround and enclose the diffuser within the assembly. A gripping tool having an elongated handle is used to locate the baffle adjacent the metal ceiling surface and remove the baffle therefrom. The baffle has a pair of grooves preventing the gripping tool from slipping off the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Inventor: Mike T. Callas
  • Patent number: 5232403
    Abstract: In an air register comprising a register frame defining an air outlet, a deflector is rested in retracted position and extensible from the frame to a preselected position over the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Inventor: Joseph Marotta
  • Patent number: 5230657
    Abstract: A collapsible lightweight cover device (10) for floor registers (100) including a cover member (20) pivotally secured to the register (100) and having accordion folded panel members (30) operatively attached to both the cover member (20) and the register (100); wherein, forced air flowing through the register (100) will force the cover member (20) to pivot upwardly relative to the front of the register (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Inventor: Larry D. Opoka
  • Patent number: 5176569
    Abstract: A terminal for a building ventilation system has, in combination, a throt nozzle located at the downstream end of an air inlet duct and a curved surface located in the room near the outlet of the duct such as to present its curved surface to the air stream and to be located outside the extension of the opening of the regulating nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Societe d'Etude et de Recherche en Ventilation et Aeraulique S.E.R.V.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Jardinier, Jacques Simonnot