US 12,263,430 B2
Filter securement assembly
Matthew W. Gorrell, South St. Paul, MN (US); John B. Stender, Duluth, MN (US); Tommie W. Kelley, Shoreview, MN (US); Andrew C. Smith, Cottage Grove, MN (US); Windy A. Santa Cruz, Minneapolis, MN (US); John F. Reed, North Oaks, MN (US); Jacob D. Carlson, Stacy, MN (US); Marcus W. Rein, St. Paul, MN (US); Jessalyn A. Cox, Rochester, MN (US); Zachary W. Boughton, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Michael J. Stern, St. Louis Park, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/764,627
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/059901
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079289, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,836, filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339571 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); F24C 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/0005 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0093 (2013.01); B01D 46/10 (2013.01); F24C 15/2035 (2013.01); B01D 2265/027 (2013.01); B01D 2265/06 (2013.01); B01D 2279/35 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter securement assembly for receiving and retaining a filter media in an exhaust hood, comprising:
a main panel defining a first end and an opposed second end;
a first retainment surface adjacent the first end of the main panel;
a first retainment lip adjacent the first retainment surface;
a first mounting surface disposed at an acute angle to the first retainment lip;
a second retainment surface adjacent the second end of the main panel;
a second retainment lip adjacent the second retainment surface; and
a second mounting surface disposed at an acute angle to the second retainment lip.