Patent ID: 6902474

Claim:
An air duct outlet, comprising: a housing comprising a planar first wall and a convexly-curved second wall that are in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship and that define an air passageway having an inlet and a flared outlet; and a vane pivotally attached within the air passageway and movable between a first position wherein the vane is disposed in face-to-face adjacent relationship with the first wall and a range of positions that are increasingly transverse to the first wall, wherein an air stream flowing through the air passageway is deflected by an amount that increases with each position of the vane in the range such that the air stream adheres to a portion of the second wall by an amount that increases with each position of the vane in the range and such that the air stream exits from the outlet in a direction that is increasingly transverse to a direction normal to the outlet.