Patent ID: 6986708
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: E04B,F24F

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering conditioned air to a room having a space located above a ceiling overlying the room, said method comprising: separating said space into a supply plenum and a return plenum, said supply and return plenums together occupying a substantial portion of the volume of said space and being located generally one above the other; delivering conditioned air to said supply plenum; discharging the conditioned air from said supply plenum into the room; directing return air from the room into said return plenum; and discharging the return air from said return plenum; wherein said supply plenum is above and adjacent to said ceiling and said return plenum is above and adjacent to said supply plenum, and wherein said step of separating said space into a supply plenum and a return plenum comprises suspending a substantially horizontal partition in said space at a location above and generally parallel to said ceiling.