Air conditioning line flashing panel

• US 20060123711A1
• Filed: 01/25/2006
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WJG, LLC
• Original Assignee: William J Gilleran
• Inventors: Gilleran, William J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,389,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/27
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0869 having conduits for fluids
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0003 characterised by a split arrangement, wherein parts of the air-conditioning system, e.g. evaporator and condenser, are in separately located units
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/26 Refrigerant piping
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/32 for connecting the separate outdoor units to indoor units
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/34 Protection means thereof, e.g. covers for refrigerant pipes
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/20 Casings or covers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/222 for evacuating condensate
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2013/227 Condensate pipe for drainage of condensate from the evaporator

Abstract

A flashing panel mount for a plurality of air-conditioning lines of an air-conditioning unit located about an exterior of a building is provided. The plurality of air-conditioning lines defines an outer periphery. The panel mount may comprise a hood member and a cover. The hood member may be attachable to the building and may have a hood member aperture sized and configured to accommodate at least two of the plurality of air-conditioning lines so as to extend the air-conditioning lines from within the building to the air-conditioning unit located about the building exterior. The cover may be attached to the hood member aperture and may be sized and configured to accommodate the air-conditioning lines therethrough. The cover may be conformable to the outer periphery of the air-conditioning lines once the air conditioning lines are fed through the hood member aperture to prevent entrance of undesirable material from a building outside to a building inside.

Claims

1. A flashing panel mount for a plurality of air conditioning lines of an air conditioning unit located about an exterior of a building, the plurality of air conditioning lines defining an outer periphery, the panel mount comprising:

a hood member attachable to the building, the hood member having a hood member aperture sized and configured to accommodate the plurality of air conditioning lines so as to extend the air conditioning lines from within the building to the air conditioning unit located about the building exterior;

a cover attached to the hood member aperture sized and configured to accommodate the plurality of air conditioning lines therethrough, the cover being conformable to the outer periphery of the plurality of air conditioning lines to prevent entrance of undesireable material from a building outside to a building inside.

2. The flashing panel mount of claim 1 further comprising a generally rigid panel attached to the hood member, the panel being attachable to the building.

3. The flashing panel mount of claim 2 wherein the panel has a first panel surface, and the hood member extends outward from the first panel surface.

4. The flashing panel mount of claim 3 wherein the panel is attachable to the building in a manner that the hood member is directed away from the building and a second panel surface faces toward the building.

5. The flashing panel mount of claim 3 wherein the panel is attachable to the building in a manner that the hood member is directed in toward the building and a second panel surface faces away from the building.

6. The flashing panel mount of claim 1 wherein the cover member is fabricated from an elastomeric material.

7. The flashing panel mount of claim 1 wherein the cover member is fabricated from a shrinkable material.

8. The flashing panel mount of claim 6 wherein the cover defines a barrier wall and a second end, and the barrier wall is fabricated from a flexible material and the second end is fabricated from an elastomeric material.