COVERS FOR AIR CONDITIONER UNITS

• US 20200132337A1
• Filed: 10/31/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth James Schultz, Robert Scott Kelly
• Original Assignee: Kenneth James Schultz, Robert Scott Kelly
• Inventors: KELLY, Robert Scott, SCHULTZ, Kenneth James
• Application Number:
  US16/670,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20200132337A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/58 Separate protective covers for outdoor units, e.g. solar guards, snow shields or camouflage
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/20 Casings or covers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2013/202 Mounting a compressor unit therein

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe covers for air conditioner units comprising a first air permeable panel for covering a horizontal top panel of an air conditioner unit; a second air permeable panel extending downward from the first air permeable panel for covering vertical side panels of the air conditioner unit; and an adjustable fastener provided in a bottom portion of the second air permeable panel for securing the cover to a base of the air conditioner unit.

Claims

1. A cover for an air conditioner unit, comprising:

a first air permeable panel for covering a horizontal top panel of an air conditioner unit;

a second air permeable panel extending downward from the first air permeable panel for covering vertical side panels of the air conditioner unit; and

an adjustable fastener provided in a bottom portion of the second air permeable panel for securing the cover to a base of the air conditioner unit.

2. The cover of claim 1, wherein the first air permeable panel is made of a first material and the second air permeable panel is made of a second material that is different from the first material.

3. The cover of claim 2, wherein the first material, the second material, or both are made of a stretchable fabric.

4. The cover of claim 2, wherein the first material and the second material are selected from the group consisting of power mesh, cabaret stretch mesh, and honeycomb mesh.

5. The cover of claim 1, wherein the first air permeable panel can maintain an air flow of about 1300 ft³ min⁻

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6. The cover of claim 1, wherein an average pore size of the first air permeable panel is greater than an average pore size of the second air permeable panel.

7. The cover of claim 1, wherein an average pore size of the first air permeable panel is about 1 cm.

8. The cover of claim 1, wherein an average pore size of the second air permeable panel is about 1 mm.

9. The cover of claim 1, wherein the second air permeable panel includes two or more sections connected by one or more seams

10. The cover of claim 1, wherein the first air permeable panel includes an opening therein at least as large as an exhaust opening in the air conditioning unit.

11. The cover of claim 1, wherein the first air permeable panel is made of a substantially non stretch material and includes an opening therein at least as large as an exhaust opening in the air conditioning unit.

12. The cover of claim 1, wherein the adjustable fastener is elastic or a drawstring.

13. A cover for an air conditioner unit, comprising:

a first air permeable panel for covering a horizontal top panel of an air conditioner unit, wherein the first air permeable panel includes a first material;

a second air permeable panel extending downward from the first air permeable panel for covering vertical side panels of the air conditioner unit, wherein the second air permeable panel includes a first section with the first material and a second section with a second material that is different from the first material; and

an adjustable fastener provided in a bottom portion of the second air permeable panel for securing the cover to a base of the air conditioner unit.

14. The cover of claim 13, wherein the first material, second material, or both are made of a stretchable fabric.

15. The cover of claim 14, wherein the first material and the second material are selected from the group consisting of power mesh, cabaret stretch mesh, and honeycomb mesh.

16. The cover of claim 13, wherein the second material can maintain an air flow of about 1300 ft³ min⁻

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17. The cover of claim 13, wherein an average pore size of the second material is greater than an average pore size of the first material.

18. The cover of claim 13, wherein an average pore size of the first material is about 1 mm.

19. The cover of claim 13, wherein an average pore size of the second material is about 1 cm.

20. The cover of claim 13, wherein the adjustable fastener is elastic or a drawstring.