Air conditioner cover

Claim 1

AN AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE COVER ASSEMBLY FOR A SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH MOUNTED AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE POSITIONED ON THE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT EXTERIOR FRONT END OF SAID AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE MOUNTED SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE ADJACENT EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID BUILDING AND HAVING AN OPENING FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID MACHINE TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF AIR TO BE CONDITIONED IN SAID MACHINE, A FORM-RETAINING COVER PLATE OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO OVERLIE THE OPENING IN THE FRONT END OF THE AIRCONDITIONING MACHINE, SAID COVER PLATE BEING HELD OVER THE OPENING IN THE FRONT END OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE AND AGAINST THE FRONT END OF SAID MACHINE IN AIRTIGHT ENGAGEMENT THEREAGAINST, GUIDE MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID FRONT END FOR REMOVABLY POSITIONING THE COVER PLATE OVER THE OPENING AND EXERTING A FORCE ON THE COVER PLATE WITH A COMPONENT OF THE FORCE BEING NORMAL TO THE SURFACE OF THE FRONT END OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE, SAID GUIDE MEANS HAVING A SURFACE WHICH, ON POSITIONING OF THE COVER PLATE, APPLIES A FORCE PRESSING THE COVER PLATE AGAINST THE AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE FRONT END, AND FORCEEXERTING MEANS AT A POINT SPACED FROM SAID GUIDE MEANS, PRESSING THE COVER PLATE TIGHTLY AGAINST THE FRONT END AND HOLDING SAID COVER FIRMLY IN PLACE, THEREBY PREVENTING PASSAGE OF AIR THROUGH THE COVER AND ALSO PREVENTING RATTLING OF THE COVER AGAINST THE FRONT END OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING MACHINE.