Patent ID: 6604993
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: E04F,F24F

Abstract:
A one-piece partition member for use in forming an air passageway in an HVAC system, between a top surface of a sub-floor, the top surface having an irregular contour, and an undersurface of a raised floor positioned on a pedestal-stringer, floor support system, the air partition member comprising:(a) a first section having a substantially rectangular shape defined by a perimeter including a first, second, third and fourth line, said first section extending laterally and longitudinally in a first plane between said first and second lines and between said third and fourth lines, said first and second lines defining respective lateral edges of said first section; (b) a second section, integral with and having a pivotal connection to said first section along said fourth line, said second section bearing a first angular relationship to said first plane; and, (c) a third section integral with said first section along said third line, said third section extending upward from said third line when said air partition member is positioned vertically between the top surface of the sub-floor and the undersurface of the raised floor, said third section including a first segment, distal from said third line and extending substantially, laterally, between said lateral edges, said first segment adapted and contoured for engagement of at least one of the pedestal or stringer portions of the pedestal-stringer floor support system, to thereby suspend said air partition member substantially vertically when said air partition member is positioned vertically between the top surface of the sub-floor and the undersurface of the raised floor, said third section including a second segment, said second segment contoured as a pleat and thereby adaptable to adjust the vertical height of the air partition member so as to compensate for the effect of the irregular planarity of the top surface of the sub-floor, said second section adapted to contact the top surface of the sub-floor and to compensate for the effect of the irregular planarity of the top surface of the sub-floor by flexing about said pivotal connection.