Pad frame and rack construction

Claim 1

IN A PAD FRAME AND RACK CONSTRUCTION FOR EVAPORATIVE COOLERS THE COMBINATION OF: A BOX SHAPED PAD FRAME HAVING A LOUVER PLATE AT THE NORMALLY OUTER SIDE THEREOF AND HAVING INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOUVER PLATE AT THE NORMALLY INNER OPEN PORTION THEREOF; AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER PAD IN SAID FRAME AND DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID LOUVER PLATE; AND A FORAMINOUS WIRE MESH PAD RACK CONTIGUOUS WITH SAID PAD AND HAVING RESILIENT DEFLECTING LATCH PORTIONS ENGAGED WITH THE INNER SIDES OF SAID INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGES OF SAID PAD FRAME AND DISPOSED TO SUPPORT SAID EVAPORATIVE COOLER PAD IN SAID FRAME, SAID DEFLECTING LATCH PORTIONS HAVING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE LOOP PORTIONS ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY A PERSON''S FINGERS FOR THE DEFLECTION OF SAID LATCH PORTIONS OUT OF POSITION BEHIND SAID FLANGES TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF SAID RACK FROM SAID FRAME AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO AN EVAPORATIVE COOLER PAD IN SAID BOX SHAPED FRAME, SAID DEFLECTING LATCH PORTIONS BEING LOOP SHAPED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LENGTH OF THE DEFLECTING PORTIONS THEREOF TO PREVENT A PERMANENT SET FROM OCCURRING THEREIN WHEN DEFLECTED OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID PAD FRAME, SAID DEFLECTING PORTION HAVING A RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION WHEREIN A PORTION OF THE WIRE LOOP CROSSES ITSELF OUTWARDLY OF THE PLANE OF THE PAD RACK TO LEND SUPPORT THERETO AT THE DEFLECTING PORTION.