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US 4,068,428 AGranted
Insulation window
OwnerO. James Peterson, IIIinventor
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Abstract
An insulation window to be mounted on internal, in situ, window frames of buildings comprises a sheet of 3/16 inch rigid transparent plastic. The plastic sheet has spaced "hook-and-loop" fastening elements adhered directly to the plastic sheet about the margin of an inner face thereof and complementary hook-and-loop fastening elements are attached to the window-casing frames of the building. A weather stripping is adhered directly to the plastic sheet about the margin of the inner face thereof.
Claims17
An insulation window system comprising:
- a transparent, rigid sheet of plastic to be mounted on internal, in situ, window frames of buildings, said sheet of plastic having an outer face, an inner face, and a margin about the edge thereof;
- a fastening means including separable, mating, hook-and-loop fastening portions, a first portion of said hook-and-loop fastening portions including a plurality of elements, said elements each comprising a first attaching means for individually attaching said elements directly to the inner face of said sheet of plastic at spaced intervals about the margin thereof, a second portion of said hook-and-loop fastening portions including a plurality of elements, said elements each comprising a second attaching means for individually attaching said elements directly to said in situ window frames in spaced positions complementary to the positions of said elements of said first fastening portion;
- and,
- a weather stripping including a third attaching means for attaching said weather stripping directly to the inner face of said sheet of plastic about the margin thereof to form a seal between said sheet of plastic and said in situ window frames when said rigid sheet of plastic is mounted on said window frames with complementary elements of said hook-and-loop fastening portions engaged.
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A method of fabricating an insulation window system comprising:
- cutting a transparent, rigid sheet of plastic, to have dimensions to overlap the window-casing frame of an in situ window;
- adhering separate units of a cloth-type hook-and-loop fastening portion about the margin of said rigid sheet of plastic so that said units are spaced from one another along said margin;
- adhering a weather stripping directly to said rigid sheet of plastic about the margin thereof to form a seal between said sheet of plastic and said in situ window-casing frame when said rigid sheet of plastic is mounted on said window frame;
- and,
- mounting complementary hook-and-loop fastening portions on said window frame at positions corresponding to the positions of said hook-and-loop fastening portions on said transparent rigid sheet of plastic.
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An insulation window system comprising:
- a transparent, rigid sheet of plastic to be mounted on internal, in situ, window frames of buildings, said sheet of plastic having an outer face, an inner face, and a margin about the edge thereof;
- a fastening means including separable, mating, fastening portions, a first portion of said fastening portions including a plurality of spaced elements, said elements each comprising a first attaching means on one side thereof for individually attaching said elements to the inner face of said sheet of plastic at spaced intervals about the margin thereof, said first-portion elements having on the opposite side thereof pluralities of small first engaging members uniformly distributed across relatively broad areas of said first-portion elements facing away from said sheet of plastic when said first portion elements are mounted on said sheet of plastic, a second portion of said fastening portions including a plurality of elements, said elements each comprising a second attaching means on one side thereof for individually attaching said elements to said in situ window frames in positions complementary to the positions of said first-portion elements, said second portion having on the opposite side thereof a plurality of small second engaging members for engaging said first engaging members, said second engaging members being uniformly distributed across relatively broad areas of said secondportion elements facing away from said in situ window frames when said second-portion elements are mounted on said window frames;
- and,
- a weather stripping including a third attaching means for attaching said weather stripping to said sheet of plastic about the margin thereof to form a seal between said sheet of plastic and said in situ window frames when said rigid sheet of plastic is mounted on said window frames with said hook-and-loop fastening portions engaged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.