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    BACKGROUND OFTHE INVENTION

    Problem S o l v e d[ 0 0 0 1 ] P r e v e n t s d u s t , d i r t a n d i n s e c t s f r o m c o n t a m i n a t i n gr e t u r n a i r t o c en tr a l h e a t i n g a n d a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g s y s t e m s .H e l p s k e e p t r u n k l i n e s c l e a n e r .[ 0 0 0 2 ] P r e s e n t l y r e t u r n HVAC en tr a l a i r r e t u r n r e g i s t e r sa r e o p e n , an d l l o W f o r l l t y p e s o f c o n t a m i n a nt s t o r e t u r n i n t ot h e s y s t e m .[ 0 0 0 3 ] A r e - ? l t e r e d r e t u r n a i r r e g i s t e r on a HVAC e n t r a lf o r c e d a i r s y s t e m , p r e v e n t s c o n t a m i n a n t s f r o m e n t e r i n g t h es y s t e m , b y ? l t e r i n g t h e r e t u r n i n g a i r t o t h e HVAC s y s t e m .

    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OFTHE INVENTION[ 0 0 0 4 ] As t a t e d a b o v e , p r e v e n t s d u s t , d i r t a n d i n s e c t s f r o mc o n t a m i n a t i n g r e t u r n a i r t o c e n t r a l h e a t i n g and i r c o n d i t i o ni n g s y s t e m s . H e l p s k e e p t r u n k l i n e s c l e a n e r . T h e i n v e n t i o nc l a i m e d h e r e s o l v e s t h i s p r o b l e m .[ 0 0 0 5 ] By a v i n g a s l o t on t h e i n t e r n a l o r e x t e r n a l f r o n t ofa r e t u r n a i r r e g i s t e r , t h a t accommodates t h e companion l t e r ,t h e companion l t e r t h e n p r e v e n t s c o n t a m i n a n t s from r e t u mi n g to t h e i n n e r p a r t s o f t h e s y s t e m , s u c h a s t r u n k l i n e s and h el i k e .[ 0 0 0 6 ] The c l a i m e d i n v e n t i o n d i f f e r s f r o m W h a t c u r r e n t l ye x i s t s . R e t u r n HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m e g i s t e r s p r e s e n t l y d o n o th a v e a r e t u r n a i r ? l t e r i n p l a c e t o p r e v e n t c o n t a m i n a n t s .[ 0 0 0 7 ] T h i s i n v e n t i o n i s a n improvement on What u r r e n t l ye x i s t s . R e t u r n HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m e g i s t e r s p r e s e n t l y d o n o thave a r e t u r n a i r ? l t e r i n p l a c e t o p r e v e n t c o n t a m i n a n t s .[ 0 0 0 8 ] T h e s e u n ? l t e r e d s y s t e m s a l l o W f o r d i r t , d u s t , i n s e c t sa n d o t h e r c o n t a m i n a n t s to c o n t i n u a l l y compound a n d c r e a t eh e a l t h p r o b l e m s a n d t h e n e e d f o r i n t e r n a l c l e a n i n g o f t h e s eHVAC e n t r a l f o r c e d a i r s y s t e m s .[ 0 0 0 9 ] A r e - ? l t e r e d r e t u r n a i r r e g i s t e r on a HVAC e n t r a lf o r c e d a i r s y s t e m , p r e v e n t s c o n t a m i n a n t s f r o m e n t e r i n g t h es y s t e m , b y ? l t e r i n g t h e r e t u r n i n g a i r t o t h e HVAC s y s t e m .[ 0 0 1 0 ] A l s o , i t c a n p r o d u c e c l e a n e r , s a n i t i Z e d , s c e n t ed o ru n s c e n t e d h o u s e h o l d c i r c u l a t i n g a i r .T he e r s i o n o f t h e I n v e n t i o n D i s c u s s e d Here I n c l u d e s :[ 0 0 1 1 ] l . S l o t t e d s t a n d a r d s i Z e d r e t u r n HVAC o r c e d a i rr e t u r n e g i s t e r s , W i t h t h e s l o t on h e o p p o s i t e s i d e o f h e l o u v e ra d j u s t m e n t l e v e r , s o t h e ? l t e r c a n b e s l i p p e d o r p o s i t i o n e d i n t ot h e a c c o m m o d a t i n g s l o t .

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    R e l a t i o n s h i p b e t W e e n t h e C o m p o n e n t s :[ 0 0 1 2 ] l .A l o t t e d HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m , a i r r e t u r n e g i s t e r ,W i t h t h e s l o t on t h e o p p o s i t e s i d e o f t h e l o u v e r a d j u s t m e n tl e v e r , t h e s l o t made i n s i Z e t o accommodate t h e accompanyi n g ? l t e r s t o ? t t h e s l o t 2 . F i l t e r s s i Z e d t o ? t t h e s l o t s i n # 1 . t h eHVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m s , a i r r e t u r n r e g i s t er s . F i l t e r s have am e t a l , p l a s t i c , r e s i n o r c a r d b o a r d b o r d e r , t h a t h o l d s i n p l a c e as c e n t e d o r u n s c e n t e d , p a p e r , mesh e t a l , p l a s t i c o r c l o t h t y p e? l t e r t h a t c a t c h e s c o n t a m i n a n t p a r t i c l e s i n c l u d i n g i n s e c t s a n dp r e v e n t s them f r o m r e t u r n i n g i n t o t h e HVAC en tr a l s y s t e m .HoW h e I n v e n t i o n Works:[ 0 0 1 3 ] The # 1 . S l o t t e d HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m a i r r e t u r nr e g i s t e r i s n e c e s s a r y a s t h e s l o t accommodates t h e ? l t e r s i Z e dt o ? t t h e a c c o m m o d a t i n g s l o t . T o g e t h e r t h e y p r e v e n t t h er e t u r n of o n t a m i n a n t s i n t o t h e HVAC e n t r a l f o r c e d a i r s y stem.[ 0 0 1 4 ] Remove o l d HVAC e n t r a l a i r r e t u r n r e g i s t e r s a n dr e p l a c e them i t h # 1 . S l o t t e d HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m r e t u r n a i rr e g i s t e r s . S l i p s i Z e d a c c o m m o d a t i n g ? l t e r c o u n t e r p a r t i n t op l a c e . Remove a n d r e p l a c e ? l t e r s as d e s i r e d .HoW o Make t h e I n v e n t i o n :[ 0 0 1 5 ] Make s l o t on h e o p p o s i t e s i d e o f h e l o u v e r a d j u s tment l e v e l h a n d l e o f t h e HVAC e n t r a l s y s t e m f o r c e d a i rr e t u r n r e g i s t e r s o a s t o be a b l e t o s l i p i n t o t h e s l o t t e d p l a c e , a? l t e r s i Z e d t o accommodate t h e s l o t s p a c e of h e HVAC ent r a l f o r c e d a i r r e t u r n r e g i s t e r .[ 0 0 1 6 ] Both e l e m e n t s a r e n e c e s s a r y . N e i t h e r a r e o p t i o n a l i no r d e r to p r o d u c e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s .[ 0 0 1 7 ] S l o t j a c k e t s c o u l d b e i n t e r n a l t o t h e HVAC e n t r a lf o r c e d a i r r e t u r n r e g i s t e r s t o accommodate s i Z e d ? l t e r s . S l o t sc o u l d be e x t e r n a l t o t h e HVAC e n t r a l f o r c e d ai r r e t u r n r e gi s t e r s t o accommodate s i Z e d ? l t e r s .HoW o Us e t h e I n v e n t i o n :[ 0 0 1 8 ] By c r e a t i n g a s l o t t e d HVAC en tr a l r e t u r n a i r r e g i st er and making a ? l t e r s i Z e d to accommodate t h e a W a i t i n gs l o t s s p a c e s . T o g e t h e r t h e y W o u l d p r e v e n t c o n t a m i n a n t s f r o mr e t u r n i n g i n t o t h e f o r c e d a i r s y s t e m[ 0 0 1 9 ] A l s o , i t c a n create : C l e a n e r , s a n i t i Z e d , s c e n t e d o ru n s c e n t e d h o u s e h o l d c i r c u l a t i n g a i r .

    1 . An n t e r n a l o r e x t e r n a l p l a c e d ? l t e r , a t t h e a i r r e t u r nr e g i s t e r o f HVAC y s t e m s p r e v e n t s c o n t a m i n a n t s f r o m e n t e ri n g t h e HVAC s y s t e m .

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