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US 2019/0211582 A1Published application
Window security device
AssigneePGT Innovations, Inc.
InventorsMichael Dietmar Nau, Samuel Ray Bryant, Kurt Alfred Karussi
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Abstract
A window security device includes a pull handle, the pull handle defining a tongue slot extending through the pull handle from a top paddle surface to a bottom paddle surface; and a locking bar slidably attached to the pull handle, a locking bar body of the locking bar positioned adjacent to the bottom paddle surface, a tongue of the locking bar extending through the tongue slot.
Claims20
A window security device comprising:
- a pull handle, the pull handle defining a tongue slot extending through the pull handle from a top paddle surface to a bottom paddle surface;
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- a locking bar slidably attached to the pull handle, a locking bar body of the locking bar positioned adjacent to the bottom paddle surface, a tongue of the locking bar extending through the tongue slot.
A window frame assembly comprising:
- a window sill defining a sill locking rib;
- a rail defining a hand ledge;
- and
- a window security device, the window security device pivotably attached to the rail, the window security device selectively engaging the sill locking rib, the window security device comprising:
- a pull handle;
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- a locking bar, the locking bar defining a tongue, an engagement end of the tongue positioned between the hand ledge and the pull handle.
4 more elements
A method of operating a window frame assembly comprising a rail, a window sill, and a window security device, the method comprising:
- positioning the rail in a closed position wherein the rail rests against the window sill;
- positioning the window security device in a locked position, the window security device pivotably attached to the rail, the window security device selectively pivotable about and between the locked position and an unlocked position, the rail vertically fixed relative to the window sill when the rail is in the closed position and the window security device is in the locked position;
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- repositioning a locking bar of the window security device to a secured position, the window security device prevented from pivoting to the unlocked position when the locking bar is in the secured position.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.