초록 ▼

An air cleaner assembly having a body member and a removable cover is provided. The assembly includes a lock assembly for engagement between the cover and the body member. The preferred lock assembly is a rotation activated lock assembly movable between locked and unlocked orientations by a selected

An air cleaner assembly having a body member and a removable cover is provided. The assembly includes a lock assembly for engagement between the cover and the body member. The preferred lock assembly is a rotation activated lock assembly movable between locked and unlocked orientations by a selected amount of relative rotational movement between the cover and the body member.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of locking an air cleaner cover onto an air cleaner body member; said method including a step of:(a) rotating the cover relative to the air cleaner body member to provide locking engagement between a holder arrangement and a foot arrangement; the holder arrangeme

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of locking an air cleaner cover onto an air cleaner body member; said method including a step of:(a) rotating the cover relative to the air cleaner body member to provide locking engagement between a holder arrangement and a foot arrangement; the holder arrangement comprising a plurality of p-shaped holders; selected ones of the p-shaped holders having tails; the foot arrangement comprising a plurality of feet;(i) said step of rotating comprising rotating sufficiently to orient selected ones of the plurality of p-shaped holders into engagement with selected ones of the plurality of feet; and(ii) said step of rotating including rotating the cover to orient tails of selected ones of each p-shaped holder into engagement with selected ones of the plurality of feet to block rotation of the cover relative to said body member beyond a selected amount of rotation.