Patent ID: 7357219

Claim:
A sound attenuating cover adapted for aerodynamically streamlined and intimate fitment to a compressor in the refrigeration condensor coil structure of a domestic air conditioner, which refrigeration condensor coil structure comprises an outer cooling coil shell forming a vertically orientated open area, a compressor assembly located at a bottom end of said open area and extending vertically upward into said opening, and a rotating fan at a top end of said open area to create an air flow within said structure in which air moves into said open area through said cooling coil shell, and moves vertically upwards past said compressor and through said fan, said cover comprising: an outer sleeve member and a generally circular top member hingedly secured to said outer sleeve member at a portion of the periphery of said top member; a closure member for releasably securing the remainder of the periphery of said top member to the outer surface of said outer sleeve member; and hook and loop fasteners for securing a first end of said outer sleeve member to a portion of the outer periphery of said outer sleeve member near a second end thereof; whereby, when said closure member secures said top member to said outer sleeve member, and said hook and loop fasteners are secured, a cylindrical cover having a closed top end is formed having a diameter adapted for intimate fitment to a compressor of a domestic air conditioner; wherein the profile of said circular top member includes an inwardly and upwardly directed tapered side from said closure member, so as to provide an exterior truncated conical configuration thereof, and wherein each of said outer sleeve member and said circular top member comprises an inner cover sheeting material and an outer cover sheeting material, and at least one layer of sound attenuating material therebetween, and wherein at least part of said air flow enters said refrigeration condensor coil structure at the side of said compressor cover, and moves vertically upwards past said inwardly and upwardly directed tapered side of said closure member.