Patent ID: 9561456
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B01D,E06B,F16B,F16M,F24F

Claim:
1. An assembly for covering an air intake opening of a piece of HVAC equipment, the HVAC equipment having a perimeter extending face surrounding the intake opening, said assembly comprising: a plurality of elongated supports arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being removably secured along the perimeter extending face, each of said supports exhibiting a modified “U” shaped cross sectional shape with a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot; a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot; a plurality of inserts, each exhibiting opposite extending engaging portions which are rectangular in cross section and are dimensioned approximate to an open interior of said elongated supports so that said inserts resistively seat within opposing arrayed interiors of said elongated supports in order to create a compression fit engagement between end locations of opposing extending supports to define a closed perimeter, said inserts being removable upon dismounting of said elongated supports from the perimeter extending face; said inserts further including each of corner connectors and intermediate connectors, said intermediate connectors each having a perimeter extending central support from which project said opposite engaging portions in order to establish a seamless appearance with said elongated supports; and a filter having a plurality of perimeter defined apertures receiving said projecting portions of said traversable fasteners in order to removably affix said filter against said forwardly projecting support surfaces of said perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.