Patent ID: 8881688

Claim:
An exhaust assembly for use with a gas-fired water heater, the exhaust assembly comprising: a hood for receiving exhaust gas from the gas-fired water heater, the hood including a first hood mounting location and a second hood mounting location; a back plate coupled to the hood, the back plate including a rearwardly extending cylindrical rim with a locking groove formed in the outer surface of the rim, the cylindrical rim including a center axis; a housing including an exhaust outlet, a housing mounting location, and a cylindrical collar with a plurality of slots through the collar, the rim positioned within the collar; a plurality of tabs separate from the housing, hood, and backplate, each tab inserted through the slots in the collar and into the locking groove and fastened to the housing, thereby rotatably coupling the housing to the hood with the tabs free to slide within the locking groove so that the housing is rotatable about the center axis of the cylindrical rim; and a fan positioned in the housing to move exhaust gas from the hood out of the exhaust outlet; wherein in a first configuration, the exhaust outlet faces a first direction and the housing mounting location is aligned with and secured at the first hood mounting location; and wherein in a second configuration, the exhaust outlet faces a second direction different than the first direction and the housing mounting location is aligned with and secured at the second hood mounting location.