Patent ID: 7993434

Claim:
A method of filtering air in an air vent while decorating the air vent, which comprises: providing a combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly, said combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly including an outer shell and filter media, said outer shell having an outer face with slots formed therein, said outer shell appearing like an HVAC grill, and said filter media being integrally held within said outer shell; covering a HVAC conduit opening with said combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly with the outer face of the filter-and-frame assembly facing outward; maintaining visibility of said outer face during normal operation of a HVAC unit connected to the HVAC conduit; using said outer face of said combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly as an outermost grill over the HVAC conduit opening; removing the combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly after operating the HVAC unit; and replacing the combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly with a new combined disposable HVAC filter-and-frame assembly after removing the initial HVAC filter-and-frame assembly.