Patent ID: 7527553

Claim:
An air vent, in particular for a vehicle, including a housing ( 16 ), a ventilation part ( 14 ), and an assembly ( 24 ) which provides a connection between said housing ( 16 ) and said ventilation part ( 14 ) and permits a rotatable and pivotal mounting of said ventilation part ( 14 ) in said housing ( 16 ), said ventilation part ( 14 ) being rotatable about a first axis and pivotal about a second axis that is different from said first axis, said assembly ( 24 ) comprising an elongate rail ( 30 ), a slider ( 26 ) that is displaceable on said rail ( 30 ), and a pivot bearing ( 34 ), said slider ( 26 ) translating on said rail ( 30 ) in a longitudinal direction of said rail ( 30 ) from one end of said rail ( 30 ) to another end of said rail to rotate said ventilation part ( 14 ) about said first axis.