Patent ID: 6497463
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
Apparatus for removably connecting a front cover to an air conditioning unit that includes:a front cover having top and bottom walls that are joined by a front wall and two side walls so that the back of the cover is open, the inside surfaces of the top and bottom walls at the rear opening being spaced apart at a first distance; a support member located on the top side of an air conditioning unit having a horizontally disposed top edge and a series of horizontally disposed seats secured to said support member that extend toward the front of said unit, the top surfaces of said seats lying in a common plane that is located a second distance from said top edge of said support member, a horizontally extended rib secured to the underside of said unit that is located beneath the top edge of said support member and having a bottom surface that is spaced apart from said top edge of said support member a vertical distance that is substantially equal to said first distance; a series of L-shaped brackets, each having a first leg secured to the inner surface of said top wall and a second leg that extends back toward the rear opening of said cover, said second leg having a bottom surface that is spaced from the inside surface of the top wall a distance that is substantially equal to said second distance, and a series of inwardly directed tabs located along the outer edge of said top wall of the cover at said rear opening thereof so that the top edge of said support member can pass inside said cover behind said tabs into contact with the inner surface of said top wall whereby bringing the bottom wall of the cover over the bottom surface of said rib secures the cover to the unit.