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US 12,007,126 B2Granted
Secured mounting frame for an air conditioning unit and device for securing a window
OwnerVelma Concetta Paulinventor
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Abstract
Mounting frames for an air conditioning unit that secure the unit in a window while allowing portions of the frame and the air conditioning unit to be pivoted in and out of the window opening for safe and timely egress from the window, if needed. In addition, described herein is a device or securing a window optionally having an air condition unit installed wherein the securing device prevents unauthorized opening of the window from the outside.
Claims6
A mounting frame for an air conditioning unit, comprising:
- a front-facing flange comprising a top member, a bottom member, a first side member, and a second side member, wherein the top member, the bottom member, the first side member, and the second side member cooperate to define an opening capable of receiving the air conditioning unit;
- a security platform coupled to one or more of the first side member and the second side member of the front-facing flange via a plurality of openings on the security platform,
- wherein, the first side member is coupled to a first wall plate by one or more hinges such that the front-facing flange is capable of pivoting in relation to the first wall plate and the second side member is configured to reversibly engage a second wall plate to secure the mounting frame to the second wall plate when the second side member is reversibly engaged with the second wall plate;
- wherein, the mounting frame is capable of being installed into at least a portion of a window opening comprising a window frame, and when the mounting frame is installed into at least a portion of the window frame, the front facing flange is configured to receive the air conditioning unit through the opening in the front-facing flange;
- wherein, upon pivoting the front-facing flange is capable of covering and uncovering the window opening;
- and the security platform supports the air conditioning unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.