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US 5,937,596 AGranted
Weather barrier for windows and doors
AssigneeManco, Inc.
InventorsPeter Leeuwenburgh, Randy T. Lear
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Abstract
A weather barrier kit is provided comprising double-faced tape used to bond a film to a window frame and a folded and rolled sheet of film having a stiffening band and strip of adhesive across the top. The provision of a stiffening band with adhesive thereon across the top of the film allows one to apply the film squarely, without stretching and without the need of measuring beforehand.
Claims11
A window insulator kit comprising:
- a quantity of tape having a front side and a back side and adhesive on both said front side and said back side;
- a rectangular sheet of transparent thin flexible film having a top edge and a bottom edge, said film being folded parallel to said top and bottom edges such that said top edge remains exposed and said film is disposed in several layers;
- a narrow band substantially stiffer than said sheet being bound to said top edge of said sheet, said band having a first side and a second side;
- and,
- an adhesive on one of said first and second sides, said band and folded sheet being rolled parallel to said sheet top edge.
2 more elements
A method of adding an insulating film layer to a window having a frame, a bottom, two sides, and a top comprising the steps of:
- providing a roll of tape having a front side and a back side and adhesive on both said front side and said back side;
- providing a rectangular sheet of transparent thin flexible film having a top edge and a bottom edge, said film being folded parallel to said top edge forming several layers such that said top edge remains exposed, said top edge having a stiff narrow band bonded thereto over its entire length, said band having a front side, a back side and an adhesive on one of said front and back sides, said folded sheet and said band being rolled into a tight spiral parallel to said band length;
- applying lengths of said tape to said frame bottom and sides;
- applying said rectangular sheet of film to said frame top by applying the adhesive on said band to said top near one of said frame sides and unrolling said folded sheet and applying the adhesive to said top across said top from said one side to the other side;
- trimming said band and said folded sheet so that said trimmed sheet is slightly wider than the distance between said lengths of tape applied to said frame sides;
- unfolding said sheet of film;
- and,
- pressing said film against said lengths of tape.
5 more elements
A window insulator kit comprising:
- a quantity of tape having a front side and a back side and adhesive on both said front side and said back side adapted to fix a film to a substrate;
- a rectangular sheet of thin flexible film having a top edge and a bottom edge substantially parallel to said top edge, said film being folded substantially parallel to said top edge such that said top edge remains exposed;
- and,
- a continuous band of adhesive proximate to and parallel to said top edge of said sheet adapted to fix said top edge to a substrate.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.