ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,284, issued on May 27, was assigned to FILTREX PURE AIR LLC (Boardman, Ohio).
"Toolless installation and cleaning of vent assembly" was invented by Dominic Pecchia (Youngstown, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtered air vent apparatus has a vent housing body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall defining a portion of an air passageway that extends between at least a first open end and a second open end. There is a grill hingedly attachable to the vent housing body and securable to the vent housing body. A connector provides a snap-in configuration that permits or effectuates toolless installation of the filtered a...