Molded air duct with integral attachment member

Details Molded air duct with integral attachment member Molded air duct with integral attachment member

1999-02-10

2000-08-01

Dayoan, D. Glenn

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

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29619009, 138106, 411508, B60K 1100, B60K 3700

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060955953

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for directing conditioned air into a vehicle passenger compartment including an integrally formed attachment member for securing the apparatus to a vehicle support structure. The attachment member has a flexible free end, an elongated body, an aperture, and a plurality of living hinges. The elongated body is inserted into a vehicle support structure aperture. The elongated body is then folded onto itself until the flexible free end is able to be inserted into locked engagement with the aperture in the elongated body. Thus, the present invention minimizes the cost of the apparatus, the number of parts, assembly time and complexity.

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