Patent ID: 6447388
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B60H,F24F

Abstract:
Apparatus for directing conditioned air from an air conditioning unit comprising:means defining an air discharge opening from said unit, said means having an inlet and an outlet side and including a pair of spaced apart substantially planar walls, each of said walls having a mounting pin formed thereon which extends in a direction toward the other of said pair of walls, said mounting pins together defining a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; an air discharge nozzle having an inlet side and an outlet side, said nozzle including a pair of spaced apart substantially planar walls, said nozzle being configured to be received within said air discharge opening with said planar walls of said nozzle in closely adjacent relationship with said planar walls of said opening; pin receiving conformations formed on each of said planar walls of said nozzle, each of said conformations comprising an open ended slot extending into said wall from said inlet side thereof, and an arcuately shaped pin receiving socket formed at the inner end of said slot, each of said arcuately shaped pin receiving sockets further defining an arcuate inner wall having a diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of said mounting pins, said sockets having a pin receiving opening contiguous with said slots, said opening having a dimension less than the diameter of said pins; each of said nozzle side walls having an internally formed through slot formed therein closely adjacent yet spaced from said open-ended slot and said arcuate socket; said internal slot serving to define a flexible wall section between said open ended slot and said arcuate socket, said flexible wall allowing said pin receiving opening to temporarily flex to a position which allows said pin to pass therethrough; whereby said nozzle may be assembled to said means defining the air discharge opening by inserting said inlet side of said nozzle into said outlet side of said opening to thereby allow said mounting pins to pass into said slots, and, upon said pins engaging said sockets imparting sufficient force on said nozzle to cause said pins to move into said snap-fit relationship with said sockets and to allow pivotal motion of said air discharge nozzle about said longitudinal axis.