Device for releasably latching filters and lamp lenses in range hoods

Claim 1

A range hood having an inlet opening in its bottom, and means removably supporting a light lens and a filter unit in and across said opening, said supporting means comprising a flange on said hood at the rear of said opening on which the rear of said filter unit rests, means on said hood for holding the front end of the lens, a forwardly projecting lip on the front of the filter unit on which the rear end of the lens is seated, and cooperating locking members respectively mounted on the front end of the filter unit and on an inner wall of the hood for releasably locking the filter unit in the hood transverse of the opening and simultaneously lifting the lip into position to force the lens against a stop in the hood to hold the lens in place, said filter unit, upon release of sAid locking members being slidable forwardly off said flange and rockable downwardly to remove it from the hood, and said lens being slidable rearwardly and rockable downwardly to remove it from said opening after said filter unit has been removed from the hood, the front end of said filter unit being disposed closely adjacent the rear end of said lens to prevent removal of the lens from the hood without prior removal of the filter unit.