Assembly, kit and method for securing a covering to an air intake including connecting inserts
First Claim
1. An assembly for installing a flexible material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said assembly comprising:
- a plurality of elongated supports arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot in communication with an interior channel defined in each of said supports;
a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along said interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot;
a plurality of inserts, each having extending and compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage through the accessible end locations of opposing extending supports in order to engage within said interior channels;
an adhesive layer with a peel away strip secured to a central surface of said inserts adapted to engage the perimeter extending face surrounding the intake opening; and
a plurality of perimeter defined apertures in the flexible material receiving said projecting portions of said fasteners to affix the material to the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.
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Abstract
A fastening system for applying, over an opening and surrounding fascia of a structure, a covering material including either of a flexible or rigid outer reinforced extending perimeter within which is configured a plurality of receiving apertures. A plurality of rails are adapted to being secured to the fascia in extending fashion proximate the opening, each of the rails exhibiting a three dimensional cross sectional shape with a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured an outwardly facing narrowed slot for receiving a plurality of fasteners for securing the edges of the covering. An insert secures together the elongated channels in perimeter defined fashion over the intake opening. The inserts each have compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage within the interior channels of the rails. The compression fitting sides can also include any collection of ramps, dimples, protuberances or crush portions to facilitate frictional fitting of the inserts within the channel interior following an initial disassembly of an associated kit from the intake surface, additional and replacement inserts are provided for subsequent reassembly.
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20 Claims
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1. An assembly for installing a flexible material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said assembly comprising:
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a plurality of elongated supports arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot in communication with an interior channel defined in each of said supports; a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along said interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot; a plurality of inserts, each having extending and compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage through the accessible end locations of opposing extending supports in order to engage within said interior channels; an adhesive layer with a peel away strip secured to a central surface of said inserts adapted to engage the perimeter extending face surrounding the intake opening; and a plurality of perimeter defined apertures in the flexible material receiving said projecting portions of said fasteners to affix the material to the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An assembly kit for installing a flexible ply material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said kit comprising:
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a plurality of elongated supports adapted to being arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a modified “
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shaped cross sectional shape with a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot;a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot; a plurality of inserts adapted to inter-engage said end locations of opposing extending supports to define a closed perimeter, said inserts further including each of angled and linear interconnecting configurations for configuring an extending perimeter of said elongated supports; said inserts each having extending and compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage through accessible end locations of opposing extending supports in order to engage within said interior channels; at least one of crush dimples or crush ridges configured upon said extending sides of said inserts such that, following an initial disassembly of said kit from the intake surface, additional said inserts are provided for subsequent reassembly; and the flexible ply material having a plurality of perimeter defined apertures configured about the flexible material for receiving said fasteners to affix the material to the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An assembly for installing a flexible material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said assembly comprising:
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a plurality of elongated supports arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot in communication with an interior channel defined in each of said supports; a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along said interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot; a plurality of inserts, each having extending and compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage through the accessible end locations of opposing extending supports in order to engage within said interior channels; a fastener receiving aperture formed through a central extending width of said inserts and adapted to receive a fastener for mounting said inserts to the perimeter extending face surrounding the intake opening; and a plurality of perimeter defined apertures in the flexible material receiving said projecting portions of said plurality of fasteners to affix the material to the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.
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20. An assembly for installing a flexible material to a perimeter extending face surrounding an air intake opening, said assembly comprising:
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a plurality of elongated supports arranged in extending fashion around the intake opening, each of said supports having a base surface adapted to being secured along the face the intake opening, each of said supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot in communication with an interior channel defined in each of said supports; a plurality of fasteners installable through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along said interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot; a plurality of inserts, each having extending and compression fitting sides adapted to inter-engage through the accessible end locations of opposing extending supports in order to engage within said interior channels; screws inserted through apertures defined in said elongated supports for engaging said sides of said inserts; and a plurality of perimeter defined apertures in the flexible material receiving said projecting portions of said fasteners to affix the material to the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening.
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Specification