Plastic film indoor window insulation kit with reinforced access ports
OwnerDonald B. Keysinventor
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Abstract
An improvement in clear plastic film indoor window insulation kits. The improvement provides a way to open and to close roller window shades or venetian blinds attached to inside window frames after a sheet of clear plastic film has been stretched across the window and secured to the window's casing. The plastic film indoor window insulation kit has reinforced ports which allows roller shade and venetian blind controls to be operated through the reinforced access ports, without removing or damaging the clear plastic film.
Claims19
A method of insulating a window of a window installation on an interior of a building, the window installation carrying an adjustable privacy device having an operator control mechanism, the method of insulating comprising the steps of:
- applying, in a substantially air tight configuration, a sheet of stretchable insulation, material to the window insulation, whereby the adjustable privacy device having the operator control mechanism is isolated from a user on the interior of the building;
- bonding an access port material to a surface of the sheet of stretchable insulation material;
- providing an incision through both the access port material and the sheet of stretchable insulation material at substantially identical locations forming an access port;
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- passing the operator control mechanism through the formed access port.
In a window insulation kit used to insulate a window located on the interior of a building, where a sheet of stretchable insulation material of the window insulation kit is adaptable to a window installation holding the window and an adjustable privacy device having an operator control mechanism, such that when the sheet of stretchable insulation material is attached to the window installation, the adjustable privacy device having the operator control mechanism is isolated from a user on the interior of the building, the improvement comprising:
- an access port material constructed of a reinforced material having a tear strength greater than the sheet of stretchable insulation material, also being provided with incisions, and having an adhesive side which is to be bonded entirely to the sheet of stretchable insulation material whereby an access port is formable through said insulation material and said access port material by cutting said insulation material through said incisions.
An insulation kit for insulating a window on the interior of a building held in a moveable window installation which allows the window to be moved between an open and a closed position, the movable window installation carrying an adjustable privacy device which can be moved from an open position to a closed position through the use of an operator control mechanism, the insulation kit comprising:
- an anchoring device having first and second ends, the first end held between two edges of the window installation when the window is in the closed position, the second end engaged with the operator control mechanism of the adjustable privacy device;
- an insulation adhesive;
- a sheet of stretchable insulation material sized to cover the window installation, the insulation adhesive material and the sheet of stretchable insulation material used together to adhere the sheet of stretchable insulation material to a surface of the window installation, whereby the window and the adjustable privacy device having the operator control mechanism are isolated from a user located on the interior of the building;
- an access port material adhesive;
- an access port material bonded to a surface of the sheet of stretchable insulation material with the access port material adhesive;
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- an incision provided in the access port material whereby an access port is formable through said insulation material and said access port material by cutting said insulation material through said incisions, to thereby define an access port from the interior of the building to the window.
A window insulation kit for insulating a window in a window installation having an adjustable privacy device, the window insulation kit comprising:
- a plastic stretchable film attachable to cover one side of the window installation, whereby the adjustable privacy device is located between the window and the plastic stretchable film;
- an access port material sized smaller than the plastic stretchable film, having a thickness and tear strength greater than the plastic stretchable film, with an adhesive side adapted to be adhered entirely to a surface of the plastic stretchable film;
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- the access port material further including an incision whereby said stretchable film may be cut through said incision, thereby defining an access port through the plastic stretchable film and the access port material.
A method of forming an access port comprising the steps of:
- applying, in a substantially air tight configuration a stretchable insulation material to a window installation on an interior of a building, whereby a window and an adjustable privacy device of the window installation are isolated from a user on the interior of the building;
- bonding an adhesive side of an access port material to a surface of the stretchable insulation material such that the adhesive side is completely bonded to the surface of the stretchable insulation material;
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- cutting through the stretchable insulation material at locations corresponding to predefined incisions of the access port material, such that the incisions act as patterns for the cutting of the stretchable insulation material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.