Patent ID: 8382564

Claim:
An air vent with a damper for redirecting air flow within the air vent, said air vent comprising: a housing having an air inlet end and an air outlet end, said housing also having a jog with said jog resulting in said air inlet being nonlinear with said air outlet; a damper within said housing, said damper having a body having a pair of oppositely disposed ends, a generally flat air inlet side surface and a generally flat air outlet side surface extending between said pair of oppositely disposed ends, said damper movable between a closed position and an open position; a flexible tab extending from each of said pair of oppositely disposed ends of said damper; and a first fin rigidly attached to and extending from said air inlet side surface and a second fin rigidly attached to and extending from said air outlet side surface of said damper, said first fin and said second fin each having a freestanding end wherein each of said first and second fin is disposed at an acute angle to the pivotal axis of said damper and a perpendicular angle with the respect the body of the damper and being generally aligned parallel with each other, said first fin and said second fin also being generally collinear with said air outlet and not collinear with said air inlet, for the purpose of redirecting air flow through said housing from said air inlet to said air outlet when said damper is in the open position.