Masking device

A reusable window masking device integrated with the molding of a window in an architectural structure for securing masking material to the window, the masking device comprising:

• a channel having a first wall proximate the window, a base which is an extrusion of the molding, a second wall distal the window, and a base, the channel attached to a flange member which extends away from the channel opening substantially perpendicular to the channel first wall and is integrated with the window molding,
• a flexible, resilient retaining means attached to the channel first wall, having a body portion which extends substantially across the channel opening and tapers to an end proximate the channel second wall, the retaining means inwardly displaceable towards the base of the channel and outwardly resilient towards the channel second wall, whereby
• the masking material can be inserted into the channel and wherein
• the masking material is frictionally engaged between the end of the retaining means and the channel second wall.

A reusable masking device for securing masking material, said device integrated with a surface area to be masked in an architectural structure comprising:

• a channel having a first wall proximate the surface area, a base, a second wall distal the surface area, and an opening, and
• a flexible, resilient retaining means for securing the masking material, the retaining means attached proximate the channel opening by a plurality of flange members extending from a first flange member, the first flange member extending perpendicularly from and attached to the first channel wall, which are successively attached substantially perpendicular to each other, creating an enclosure with an opening of limited cross-sectional area that locks in a first body portion of the retaining means having a larger cross-sectional area than the opening, thereby allowing a second body portion of the retaining means with a smaller cross-sectional area to protrude from the opening, the second body portion extending substantially across the channel opening and tapering to an end proximate the channel second wall, the second body portion inwardly displaceable toward the base of the channel and outwardly resilient toward the channel second wall, thereby allowing the masking material to be inserted into the channel and, wherein the masking material is frictionally engaged between the end of he retaining means and the channel second wall.

A reusable window masking device integrated with the molding of a window in an architectural structure for securing masking material to the window, the masking device comprising:

• a channel having a first wall proximate the window, a base which is an extrusion of the molding, a second wall distal the window, and a base, the channel attached to a flange member which extends away from the channel opening, substantially perpendicular to the channel first wall and is integrated with the window molding,
• a flexible, resilient retaining means secured proximate the channel opening by a plurality of flange members extending from a first flange member, the first flange member extending perpendicularly from and attached to the first channel wall, which are successively attached substantially perpendicular to each other, creating an enclosure with an opening of limited cross-sectional area that locks in a first body portion of the retaining means having a larger cross-sectional area than the opening, thereby allowing a second body portion of the retaining means with a smaller cross-sectional area to protrude from the opening, the second body portion extending substantially across the channel opening and tapering to an end proximate the channel second wall, the second body portion inwardly displaceable towards the base of the channel and outwardly resilient toward the channel second wall, whereby the masking material can be inserted into the channel and where in the masking material is frictionally engaged between the end of the retaining means and the channel second wall.