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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950988 | Variable volume floor diffuser with attachment means A diffuser for positioning in an opening of a passageway having conditioned air, the diffuser including a grate assembly, a pan assembly, and a retention assembly. The grate assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion contains an apertu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7819730 | Flush mount or drop in wood and/or wood composition floor vent The Flush Mount or Drop In Wood And/Or Wood Composite Vent is a floor register vent that is supported by an attached rigid plate, preferably metal, with matching vent slots to allow for manufacturing vents in materials including but not limited to prefinished floori... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7771259 | Flush mounted frame for an access panel or register A frame apparatus capable of being flush mounted relative to a wall, ceiling or floor surface, is made up by joining linear frame sections each providing interconnected elements formed by an extrusion process. A first planar element is spaced apart from a second pla... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7390251 | Air duct cover and boot A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system may include one or more ducts and each duct may include one or more sections. A duct section, for example, may include a flange, which may help increase the ease and efficiency of installing the duct section.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7328478 | Register inlet apparatus for a central vacuum cleaning system An inlet apparatus for central vacuum cleaning systems is described that can be integrated with registers commonly used with heating and air conditioning vents in residential or commercial buildings. In particular, the apparatus opens to provide a vacuum inlet that ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7258607 | Return air grille assembly The present disclosure provides an air grille assembly for use especially with air conditioning and heating ducts, having a detachable grille constructed of a relatively thick material, such as wood, synthetic wood, vinyl or the like. The grille can mount against th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250000 | Building with improved vent arrangement A system and method of vent placement within a building is provided for improved passive ventilation. Vents are provided within the dividing structures or material layers that form the building's exterior and interior walls, ceiling, roof, floor, and/or intermediate... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7140960 | Boot hanger mounting bracket The present invention relates to duct systems, registers and ductwork components used with floor or ceiling registers employed in warm air heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, and specifically to improvements for mounting and installing the components ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097558 | Register assembly with adjustable faceplate connectors A register assembly with adjustable faceplate connectors can be used to cover air duct openings that supply a flow of heated or cooled air to a room of a structure, and can also be used to cover air duct openings that receive return air from the room. The register a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7022011 | Air duct expander An apparatus for directing air away from a register grill includes a shroud covering that is applied over the grill and a flexible conduit that is attached over an opening provided in the shroud. The flexible conduit is used to discharge air away from the grill wher... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6916238 | Canopy air delivery system An area air delivery system for delivery of filtered air to an area occupiable by a user who can enter and leave the area, such as the head end of a bed, includes a canopy for at least partially surrounding the area to which air is to be supplied and defining the ar... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908115 | Combined register opening cover and register boot frame A register opening cover may be used to cover register openings until the register boot is installed in the register opening. During the installation of the register boot, the invention may be used to hold the register boot in place until the register boot is secure... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6835129 | Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning duct boot seal An HVAC duct boot seal is disclosed which may be installed on vent openings during construction and prior to protect the ventilation system from contamination by construction debris entering the vent openings and to improve the vent seal after construction is comple... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6776709 | Openable floor vent cover An openable floor vent cover for use in preventing debris from entering a floor vent during construction is comprised of a board having a length and width larger than the vent to be covered. Then board is provided with a cut substantially in the shape and size of th... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6749499 | Cover for register and register opening A register cover for a register opening in a floor includes a body with a pair of legs extending from and pivoted to the body. Each of the legs may pivot between extended and retracted positions. The legs are adapted to be inserted into the register opening when the... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6652375 | Air-conditioning register and boot assembly A register and boot assembly for a ducted heating or air conditioning assembly is provided which has a boot member, a register mounting member detachably connected to the boot member and a register face member mounted on the mounting member to cover the f... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6575827 | Temporary vent opening cover A temporary vent opening cover is disclosed which is securable over a vent opening in a floor or other surface during building construction to prevent debris from entering the vent opening and accumulating in duct work associated therewith. The cover incl... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6558248 | Openable screened floor vent cover An openable screened floor vent cover for use in preventing debris from entering a floor vent during construction is comprised of a board having a length and width larger than the vent to be covered. The board is provided with a cut substantially in the s... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6461235 | Temporary vent opening cover A temporary vent opening cover is disclosed which is securable over a vent opening in a floor or other surface during building construction to prevent debris from entering the vent opening and accumulating in duct work associated therewith. The cover incl... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6422935 | Air vent covering assembly An air vent covering assembly is provided which is adapted to be mounted to a floor, in the peripheral region of an air vent opening therethrough. The air vent covering assembly comprises a cover plate, abase, at least one damper plate, and first and seco... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6302784 | Modular air vent assembly kit A modular air vent assembly kit can be used to cover duct openings that supply a flow of heated or cooled air to a room in addition to covering duct openings that receive return air from a room. The modular air vent assembly kit is comprised of a base, a ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6290596 | Air diffuser, and mold and method for its production An air diffuser for underfloor air and electrical distribution systems, which can be rapidly converted to a cable grommet assembly, is provided with a diffuser grille having generally helical slots that produce a swirling air flow pattern with low impulse... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6234893 | Vent device for use with medium for altering a condition of air entering an environment A vent device (10) for communicating air from the duct of an air supply system into an environment, such as a room of a building, includes a body (12) having a passageway (18) therethrough for receiving air from the air supply system, with the body (12) d... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6227962 | Vent coupler A vent coupler has first and second leg portions and a latch element extending between the leg portions. The coupler may be formed from a single piece of wire and be detachably coupled to a vent damper. The latch element is inserted into a respective air ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6050892 | Adjustable floor-mounted air outlet vent An air outlet vent (1) adapted to be mounted in a floor (6) and connected to a heating, ventilating and air-conditioning air supply duct (30) includes a cylindrical housing (2) and a cover plate (4) that covers the top open end of the housing (2). The pla... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6019677 | Modular integrated terminals and associated systems for heating and cooling Modular terminals for supplying conditioned air to spaces within buildings can be mounted and configured to provide improved heating, cooling, ventilation, and mixing of the supplied air with the space air. The flexibility in arranging the modular termina... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5947815 | Air register filtering system An air register filtering system for mounting to an existing air register thereby removing particles of dust, pollen and other debris that do not get trapped by a furnace filter before being blown into the room providing cleaner air for the user and reduc... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5829210 | Method to prepare for the installation of units using channels in dwellings, and multiple channel means to perform said method A method of preparing an installation of channel using units in several rooms on the one and same floor so as to allow a subsequent completion of units with multiple channel elements. Onto a flooring support between a distributing central unit and the roo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5720660 | Protective cover for a heat register A protective cover for heat registers, heating ducts, cooling vents or the like, including a main panel having an open grid pattern for covering the surface of a register, duct or vent; four side walls connected to the main panel for overlapping the sides... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5697841 | Air flow register An air flow register comprises a housing which is open at upper and lower ends and comprises a peripheral outwardly projecting flange at the upper end and a skirt portion which depends from the flange, the register further comprising a cowl which is pivot... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5674124 | Air register with pivoting air deflector This is an air register having a grille member pivotally attached to the register housing. A spring is disposed between the grille member and the register housing which biases the grille member in an upward, diagonal extended position from the central pas... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5597392 | Register filter A filter assembly (10) adapted to be secured to a register (18) of the type used for covering a forced air duct outlet (12) in heating/cooling systems is disclosed. The filter assembly (10) removes contaminant particles from air flowing through the forced... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5569077 | Directional vent register A directional vent register having a primary grill in a generally conventional position in a top plate which pivots to expose and open a secondary grill which directs the air in a forward direction.... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5556330 | Floor outlet A floor mountable air outlet adapted to distribute a generally vertical or a generally horizontal air stream is disclosed. The outlet includes an uppermost plate having an inner and an outer series of openings inclined relative to the plane of the plate. ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5547392 | Structure of lamp socket A lamp socket in which the socket body is formed of two symmetrical halves, having opposite inside flanges transversely disposed at the top, which hold two opposite ends of the positive contact metal plate, and an inside receptacle, which holds the bottom... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542223 | Air duct boot An air duct boot useful for connecting a heating and air conditioning duct to an air register grate to permit air to be circulated into a space to be heated or cooled. The air duct boot includes a housing of right parallelepiped configuration constructed ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5498203 | Manually adjustable forced air-flow deflector A manually adjustable forced air-flow deflector for use on a register of a forced air heating system. The forced air-flow deflector comprises a back plate having a first end and a second end, with the first and second end plates secured to the respective ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5479984 | Removable positive shut-off panel A register of a forced air system is sealed by placing a heavy flexible magnetic panel over the register and adhering the entire panel to the entire register for preventing escape of forced air from the register. The flexible magnetic panel is used on wal... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5275405 | Floor vent putting cup A floor air vent cover includes a centrally located closed bottom depression the size of a putting cup for receiving and retaining a putted golf ball. The opposite ends of the cover contain air passage openings having tapered sides for directing the air f... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5266091 | Air climate control system register filter An air filter for use in combination with a climate control system having a register with an outwardly extending perimeter flange and an exposed surface, the outwardly extending perimeter flange supporting the register when the register is installed over ... | 11/30/1993 |
