Patent ID: 8690980
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter assembly, comprising: a filter frame; a plurality of filter pockets enclosed by the filter frame, each of the plurality of filter pockets comprising a pocket mouth that attaches to the filter frame and a pocket body extending longitudinally away from the pocket mouth to a closed end, wherein the closed end is folded back onto itself to form a tuck fold that defines a first sub-filter pocket and a second sub-filter pocket at the pocket mouth, the first sub-filter pocket and the second sub-filter pocket each having a sub-pocket mouth located about the pocket mouth with sidewalls extending longitudinally therefrom to form an apex at the closed end of the filter pocket, the first sub-filter pocket separated from the second sub-filter pocket by the tuck fold; a plurality of supporting members each extending vertically from a bottom portion of the filter frame to a top portion of the filter frame, wherein each of the supporting members supports one of the plurality of filter pockets within the filter frame, wherein each supporting member is coincidentally aligned with a tuck fold of a filter pocket to provide support thereof, wherein each supporting member that supports a filter pocket is located between an opening defining a sub-pocket mouth of a first sub-filter pocket in the filter pocket and an opening defining a sub-pocket mouth of a second sub-filter pocket in the filter pocket; and a plurality of fastening mechanisms each attaching one of the plurality of supporting members to a tuck fold coincidentally aligned thereto, wherein each fastening mechanism has a first portion with direct contact with the supporting member and a second portion with direct contact with a region proximate the tuck fold, the plurality of fastening mechanisms selected from the group consisting of tabs, continuous tubes, loops, clips, latches and clamps.