US 11,673,168 B2
Adjustable outlet for mobile blower
William D. Wooden, South Burlington, VT (US); Anthony Orgain, Shelburne, VT (US); and Seth Joubert, Pascoag, RI (US)
Assigned to Generac Power Systems, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed by Country Home Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/851,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,498, filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0331037 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. B08B 5/02 (2006.01); A01G 20/47 (2018.01)
CPC B08B 5/02 (2013.01) [A01G 20/47 (2018.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blower comprising:
a motor mounted to a frame, wherein the frame includes wheels mounted to the frame;
a fan powered by the motor;
a blower outlet, the fan being configured to expel air from the fan through the blower outlet, the blower outlet being movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
a horizontal flow element through which the expelled air flows;
a vertical flow element through which the expelled air flows after flowing through the horizontal flow element;
a horizontal control for controlling the horizontal flow element to vary a horizontal position of the blower outlet; and
a vertical control for controlling the vertical flow element movably attached to the horizontal flow element to vary a vertical position of the blower outlet;
both the horizontal and vertical controls being positioned remote from the blower outlet.