Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Ward Elwood, Jr

George Ikuya Nukuto

Alice Susan Gordon

Timothy James Peters

Laura Braunecker

Anthony N Fedel

Kevin Peter McGrath

Alan Edward Wright

Wanda Walton Jackson

David Michael Matela

Robert A Drew

Bernard J Bangert

A disposable air filter that includes: (a) air filtration media; (b) a substantially planar air filter frame providing three-dimensional support for the air filtration media; and (c) an inter-filter gap filler disposed along substantially the entire length of at least one side of an opposed pair of the first or second sides and integrated into the air filter frame is disclosed. The integral inter-filter gap filler reduces gaps between adjacent air filters disposed in a filter track of an air filter bank.

Air filter with integral inter-filter gap filler

A disposable air filter sub-assembly that includes: (a) air filtration media; (b) a substantially planar air filter frame providing three-dimensional support for the air filtration media; and (c) an air filter frame-connecting means integrated into the air filter frame. The integrated air filter frame-connecting means are adapted to connect a plurality of identical air filter sub-assemblies into an air filter assembly with sufficient structural strength in at least one direction such that the air filter sub-assemblies resists separation when the air filter assembly is extracted from the filter track of a filter bank.

Disposable air filter sub-assembly

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Roswell, GA, United States of America

Ward Elwood, Jr