Patent ID: 9726394
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F24F

Claim:
1. A ducting kit for installation underneath a cabinet comprising: a supply cover sized to be installed underneath the cabinet and adjacent to a toe kick of the cabinet, wherein the supply cover comprises a top side, a plurality of side walls comprising at least four side walls connected to, and orthogonal to the top side, the four side walls connected to each other and including a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, each side wall having a bottom edge opposite the top side, and a plurality of floor-attaching flanges wherein one of the plurality of floor-attaching flanges is attached to the bottom edge of each of the four side walls; wherein a first flange of the plurality of floor-attaching flanges is located along the first side of the supply cover, a second flange of the plurality of floor-attaching flanges is located along the second side of the supply cover, a third flange of the plurality of floor-attaching flanges is located along the third side of the supply cover, and a fourth flange of the plurality of floor-attaching flanges is located along the fourth side of the supply cover, the first and second sides of the supply cover being located between the third and fourth sides of the supply cover, each of the first and the second flanges having a curved edge for covering a circular hole in a floor, and the supply cover further defines an oval cutout hole in a wall of one of the first and second sides; at least two oval collars, wherein at a first end of a first oval collar, the first oval collar is to be connected to the supply cover at the oval cutout hole in the wall of one of the first and second sides, and the first end of the first oval collar comprises a curved flange sized to join with an edge of the oval cutout hole; and wherein at a second end of a second oval collar, the second oval collar comprises a curved flange; a flexible duct hose, wherein a first end of the flexible duct hose is to be connected to the first oval collar at a second end of the first oval collar, wherein a second end of the flexible duct hose is to be connected to a first end of a second oval collar of the at least two oval collars; a toe kick backer plate sized to be installed in the toe kick of the cabinet, wherein the toe kick backer plate defines an oval cutout hole, the toe kick backer plate is to be connected to, the curved flange of the second end of the second oval collar, the second oval collar is sized to be joined with an edge of the oval cutout hole defined by the toe kick backer plate; and at least two band straps, wherein the band straps are to attach the flexible duct hose to each of the first and the second oval collars; wherein the supply cover and the toe kick backer plate are sized to be installed separate from each other by the at least two oval collars and the flexible duct hose; and wherein the toe kick backer plate comprises a plurality of finger tabs, each of the plurality of finger tabs defining a curved aperture, each of the plurality of finger tabs being bendable relative to the toe kick backer plate.