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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Williams, Columbus, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ; 4151212 ;
Abstract
A fan shroud retrofittable about a vehicle's fan and mountable to the fan housing, to prevent access thereto by animals. A first embodiment includes a pair of semi-circular screened housing members which include a pair of aligned, planar flange members. When the respective pairs are joined to the companion pairs of a second housing member, the assembly defines a circular shroud for mounting to the fan housing. A second embodiment for the shroud of this invention consists of a unitary, circular housing having a radially extending opening to override the shaft of the fan.