Patent ID: 8343245

Claim:
An air filter cartridge arrangement removeably installable in an air cleaner housing during use; the air filter cartridge arrangement comprising: (a) a media pack having: (i) an inlet flow end and an opposite outlet flow end; (ii) a plurality of inlet flow flutes open at the inlet flow end and closed to passage of air therefrom adjacent the outlet flow end; (iii) a plurality of outlet flow flutes closed adjacent the inlet flow end and open to outlet flow at the outlet flow end; (iv) a non-circular cross-sectional shape; and, (v) a media pack side extending between the inlet flow end and the opposite outlet flow end; (b) a radially outwardly directed housing seal arrangement secured to an end of the media pack; (i) the housing seal arrangement comprising a seal member mounted on a frame portion; and, (c) a band defining an interior and having the media pack positioned therein and permanently mounted thereto; (i) the band including a handle member thereon; (A) the handle member having a portion under which a portion of a person's fingers can fit, between the handle member and a remainder the band; (B) the band being spaced from, and separate from, the frame portion of the housing seal arrangement; and, (C) the band having two opposite ends; the portion of the handle member under which a portion of a person's fingers can fit being a portion that does not extend adjacent to a selected one of the two opposite ends.