Patent ID: 11919488
Assignee: APEXIP, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F  A | IPC A  B

Claim 7:
8. An air directing assembly configured to attach to a handheld blower having an outlet tube, comprising:
an adapter section comprising an adapter inlet, a hollow adapter body, and an adapter outlet, the adapter outlet being in fluid communication with the adapter inlet through the adapter body, the adapter inlet configured to fit over the blower outlet tube and having a first attachment clip configured to engage a first attachment feature on the blower outlet tube, an adapter connection collar surrounding the adapter outlet, and a second clip attachment feature connected to the adapter connection collar; and
an articulating nozzle section having a hollow nozzle inlet portion and a hollow nozzle outlet portion, the nozzle inlet portion having a first end and a second end, a nozzle attachment clip located proximate the first end, a nozzle connection collar located proximate the first end and surrounding an air inlet port, and a first partially spherical member located at the second end, the first partially spherical member having an aperture in fluid communication with the air inlet port, the nozzle connection collar configured to fit over the adapter connection collar with the nozzle attachment clip engaging the second clip attachment feature of the adapter connection collar, the hollow nozzle outlet portion having a first end and a second end, a second partially spherical member having a second aperture located at the first end, an air outlet port located at the second end and in fluid communication with the second aperture, the hollow nozzle outlet portion pivotally attached to the hollow nozzle inlet portion and movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the second partially spherical member slidably engages the first partially spherical member when the hollow nozzle outlet portion moves relative to the hollow nozzle inlet portion and wherein the first aperture and the second aperture remain in fluid communication when the hollow nozzle outlet portion moves between the first position and the second position.