Adjustable air handler base assembly

• US 5,407,171 A
• Filed: 02/14/1994
• Issued: 04/18/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Isidro Gonzalez
• Original Assignee: Isidro Gonzalez
• Inventors: Gonzalez, Isidro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US08/195,108
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 248/670, 248/676, 248/675, 248/678, 248/673, 248/150, 248/166, 248/172, 248/146, 248/176, 62/297, 5/200.1, 5/201, 5/202, 5/312, 211/195, 211/175
• US Class Current: 248/670
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 5/00 Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/32 Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units

Abstract

A base assembly for air handlers for air conditioning systems to support them at a spaced apart relationship from the floor to permit air in. The base assembly has two supporting assemblies that are separate, parallel to each other and being connected by horizontally disposed extending members that telescopically adjust that separation to cooperate with the dimensions of the air handler. The supporting assemblies include supporting sub-assemblies that have substantially a rectangular shape framed with elongated member to which legs have been rigidly mounted at the ends and the other ends of the legs are connected by bracing members. Arm members can be swung to align the arms with the supporting assemblies, thereby providing a volumetrically efficient base when in storage and sturdy enough to support heavy air handlers. A guide for the air handler'"'"'s filter is provided at the upper plane of the supporting assemblies.

Claims

1. A base assembly for air handlers having a filter, comprising:

A. first supporting means having a rectangular shape including first elongated means having an underside and two ends, and said first supporting means further including a first and second leg members having each two ends and one the ends of each of said leg members being rigidly mounted to the underside of said first elongated means substantially close to the ends of said first elongated means, said first supporting means further including first bracing member rigidly connected to the free ends of said first and second leg members, and said first supporting means further including a pair of first arm members pivotally mounted to the underside of said first elongated means substantially at the ends thereof so that said first arm members can be pivoted from below said first elongated means to a position perpendicular thereto, and said first elongated means further including first and second members with an L-shaped cross-section thereby providing a cooperative surface to support said air handler and defining a channel for cooperatively receiving said filter;

B. second supporting means having a rectangular shape including second elongated means having an underside and two ends, and said second supporting means further including a third and fourth leg members having each two ends and one the ends of each of said leg members being rigidly mounted to the underside of said first elongated means substantially close to the ends of said second elongated means, said second supporting means further including second bracing member rigidly connected to the free ends of said third and fourth leg members, and said first supporting means further including a pair of second arm members pivotally mounted to the underside of said first elongated means substantially at the ends thereof so that said first arm members can be pivoted from below said first elongated means to a position perpendicular thereto and said first elongated means further including third and fourth members with an L-shaped cross-section thereby providing a cooperative surface to support said air handler and defining a channel for cooperatively receiving said filter; and

C. two spacer means for receiving said first and second arm members from said first and second elongated means thereby forming a supporting frame at a spaced apart relationship from the plane where said first and second supporting frame members rest.

2. The base set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second elongated means include stopper means for preventing said arm members from pivoting beyond a position perpendicular to said first and second elongated means, respectively, thereby locking said resulting frame rigidly.

3. The base assembly set forth in claim 2 wherein said spacer means includes locking means for keeping said spacer means at a fixed position with respect to said arms.