HVAC AIR FILTER CHECK REMINDER REFRIGERATOR MAGNET

• US 20150356857A1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jym Travis Daniel, Kent David Lyon
• Original Assignee: Jym Travis Daniel, Kent David Lyon
• Inventors: Lyon, Kent David, Daniel, Jym Travis
• Application Number:
  US14/300,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 46/0086 Filter condition indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

An HVAC air filter check reminder refrigerator magnet easily attaches to top of mind locations within the home which visually and/or audibly alerts the user to check or change the HVAC air filter at the United States Department of Energy recommended lapse of time with a push of a single button.

Claims

1. A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder comprising,

a housing having an alerting device, at least one start button, and a timing circuit;

wherein the housing is affixed directly to a surface;

wherein the start button controls the timing circuit, and

wherein the timing circuit controls the alerting device.

2. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 1 wherein the alerting device is a light emitting diode.

3. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 1 wherein the alerting device is a sound emitting device.

4. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 1 wherein the surface is a wall.

5. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 4 wherein the housing is affixed by an adhesive.

6. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 1 wherein the surface is a refrigerator.

7. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 6 wherein the housing is affixed to the refrigerator by a magnet.

8. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 1 wherein the timing circuit is preset for a single period of time.

9. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 8 wherein the single period of time is thirty days.

10. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 8 wherein the single period of time is sixty days.

11. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 8 wherein the single period of time is ninety days.

12. The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 8 wherein the single period of time is one month.

13. A method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder comprising,

removably attaching a housing directly to a surface;

pressing a start button to select a single preset period of time;

counting down the single preset period of time; and

activating an alert at the end of the preselected period of time.

14. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 13 wherein the surface is an appliance.

15. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 14 wherein the housing is removably attached to the appliance by a magnet.

16. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 13 wherein the surface is a wall.

17. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 16 wherein the housing is removably attached to the wall by an adhesive.

18. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 13 wherein the single preset period of time is one month.

19. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 13 wherein the single preset period of time is thirty days.

20. The method of using a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning reminder of claim 13 wherein the single preset period of time is ninety days.