Patent ID: 6945868
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: F24F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A outdoor fan system, comprising: a lower housing comprising a lower box with an intake surface disposed atop the lower box, the lower housing adapted for installation into a void in the surface of a stratum so that the intake surface is elevated above the stratum surface, the lower housing further comprising at least one intake air channel openning disposed in the intake surface along at least one side of the lower box; an upper housing removably attached to the lower housing and adapted to connect to a camouflaging lid, the upper housing comprising an upper box with at least one side overhanging the lower housing along the at least one intake air channel opening so as to form a soffit channel for flowing air from proximate the at least one side of the lower box through the at least one intake air channel opening, the upper housing further comprising a least one exhaust air channel opening disposed in at least one side of the upper box; a filter assembly disposed between the upper and lower housings and adapted to filter air flowing into the at least one intake air channel opening and out of the at least one exhaust air channel opening; and a fan assembly disposed within the lower housing and adapted to draw air into the at least one intake air channel opening and through the lower housing and to force air through the upper housing and out of the at least one exhaust air channel opening.