Portable air conditioner

• US 6,568,202 B1
• Filed: 01/03/2002
• Issued: 05/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sam Hodges
• Original Assignee: Sam Hodges
• Inventors: Hodges, Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapolcai, William E.
• Application Number:
  US10/033,963
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• Field of Search: 623/06, 623/07, 623/14, 261/121.1
• US Class Current: 62/306
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0284 with horizontally arranged fan axis
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/04 Arrangements for portability
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/12 transportable

Abstract

A portable air conditioner which has a container for holding an air cooling medium, a lid for the container and a plurality of outlets in the lid which permit flexible conduits to connected to the output from the lid. In addition, a cart is disclosed for transporting the air conditioner which will keep the top and bottom of the container parallel in order to keep any liquid from melting ice from spilling.

Claims

1. The combination of a portable air conditioner and a cart for mounting and transporting the air conditioner comprising:

a container having an air cooling medium within the container,

a lid on said container to permit access to the interior of the container,

a plurality of outlets in said lid,

said plurality of outlets having means to open and close the outlets to allow the movement of air from within the container,

said means to open and close the outlets comprising covers normally maintained closed,

means for forcing air into the container and through said air cooling median, and through at least one of said plurality of outlets, when at least one of said plurality of outlets is open,

said means for forcing air into the container and through at least one of said plurality of outlets being an electrically operated fan,

a self contained power source for said electrically operated fan mounted on a side of the container,

at least one flexible conduit connected to one of said plurality of opened outlets to direct the flow of air therefrom,

a cart for mounting and transporting the container and self contained power source, and

said cart having means for maintaining the mounted container and self contained power source substantially parallel to the surface over which the cart is moved.

2. A portable air conditioner comprising:

a container having an air cooling medium within the container,

a lid on said container to permit access to the interior of the container,

a plurality of outlets in said lid,

said plurality of outlets having means to open and close the outlets to allow the movement of air from within the container,

each of said plurality of outlets normally maintained closed by a cover,

said cover being openable and closable,

flexible conduit means connectable to any of the opened outlets for directing air therefrom to a desired location,

means for forcing air into the container and through said air cooling median, and through at least one of said plurality of outlets, when at least one of said plurality of outlets is open,

said means for forcing air into the container and through at least one of said plurality of outlets being an electrically operated fan, and

a self contained power source for said electrically operated fan.

3. The portable air conditioner as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flexible conduit means comprises at least two separate conduits each individually connectable to any of the opened plurality of outlets.