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US 5,673,883 AGranted
Bar device for installing a protective sheet over a window
OwnerOscar E. Figueroa, Jr.inventor
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A bar device which can be installed in a window opening to which a sheet of covering material can be secured to protect the window from flying debris resulting from a storm such as a hurricane, tornado, etc. The bar device includes a turnbuckle which is threaded on its opposite ends. Threaded rods are threaded into the turnbuckle. A threaded bolt is secured in some manner to each of the threaded rods to extend perpendicular thereto. A supporting pad is secured at the ends of the threaded rods and the supporting pads are forced against a wall elements defining a window opening in order to secure the bar device in the window opening and a protective cushion is provided on the supporting pads to prevent marring the window opening. Once the bar device is secured in the window opening, the covering sheet such as plywood is secured in place by passing the threaded bolts through suitable holes in the covering sheet and then securing the covering sheet in place by a washer and nut applied onto the threaded bolts.
A bar device which is used to support a protective covering over a window of a building to prevent damage to the window during a storm, said bar device comprises a turnbuckle, said turnbuckle including an elongated main body having first and second threaded ends, said first threaded end having a right hand thread and said second threaded end having a left hand thread a first and second threaded rod, each of said first and second threaded rods having an inner end and an outer end, said first threaded rod having a right hand thread along its length connecting said inner end with said first threaded end of said turnbuckle, said second threaded rod having a left hand thread over its length connecting said inner end with said second threaded end of said turnbuckle, a first rod support means secured to said outer end of said first threaded rod, a second rod support means secured to said outer end of said second threaded rod, each of said first and second rod support means includes a flat surface support pad that forms a first side thereof and connecting means on a second side thereof connected to said outer end of its corresponding threaded rod for protection of a window frame surface from damage by said outer ends of said first and second threaded rods when said bar device is secured between opposite window wall surfaces of a window frame opening, a first adapter bolt means secured to said first threaded rod between said main body of said turnbuckle and said first rod support means secured to the outer end of said first threaded rod, a second adapter bolt means secured to said second threaded rod between said main body of said turnbuckle and said second rod support means secured to the outer end of said second threaded rod, each of said first and second rod support means are extending from said first and second threaded rods respectively at an angle relative thereto whereby said protective covering is adapted to be secured by said first and second adapter bolt means to said threaded rods and over said window for protecting said window from damage caused by the storm.
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