Patent ID: 6942564

Claim:
An HVAC assembly including an HVAC case disposed in a passenger compartment of a vehicle for delivering air at a passenger side foot well, the HVAC assembly comprising: a duct coupled to an opening on the HVAC case and configured to deliver air from the HVAC case to the passenger foot well having a front boundary, a lower boundary and two side boundaries, said duct comprising: an input coupled to said opening on the HVAC case and accepting air into an upstream portion of the duct having a single passage, said upstream portion of the duct directing air in a direction away from said lower boundary of the passenger side foot well; an intermediate portion whereby said single passage divides into a first and second passage; and a first and second outlet coupled to and downstream of said first and second passage and dispensing air at the passenger side foot well; wherein said intermediate portion and a flange disposed between said first and second passage form an upper boundary to inhibit air flow from a storage compartment in said passenger compartment of the vehicle.