Patent ID: 6834710
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: F24D

Abstract:
A baseboard heater which comprises:a baseboard heater damper vane; a support bracket receivable in a housing of the baseboard heater and formed with a hole; and a molded pivot element engaged with said damper vane of the baseboard heater, said pivot element being formed with a tapered projection snap fitted through said hole and pivotally mounting said damper vane on said support bracket, said pivot element comprising a base having a pair of opposite edges engageable in channels formed in opposite longitudinal edges of said damper vane, and a web projecting from said base, said tapered projection extending transversely from said web, said tapered projection having a plurality of angularly spaced resilient fingers diverging from a tip of said projection toward said web but terminating at a distance therefrom.