US 6,206,453 B1Granted

Window protector assembly

AssigneeTransit Care, Inc.

InventorsJerry Farrar, Dale E. Carson

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Abstract

A window protector assembly having pivoting retaining members that can be pivotally attached to a frame defining an opening that is adapted to receive the glazing of the window and also one or more protective layers. In one embodiment, an outer protective layer and an inner protective layer are positioned within the opening with the glazing interposed between the outer protective layer and the inner protective layer. The pivoting retaining members are adapted to move between an opened position wherein the protective layers and the glazing can be removed from the window and a closed positioned wherein the retaining members secure the protective layers and the glazing within the opening of the window frame. The pivoting retaining members further include a securing mechanism to secure the protective members within the window frames.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A window protector assembly mounted in a vehicle adapted to protect the glazing of a window from damage or defacement by vandalism, the assembly comprising:

a frame mounted within an opening of the vehicle, the frame defining a window opening and a transverse surface that is perpendicular to the plane of the window opening, wherein the frame further includes a pivoting member and a seating member mounted on the transverse surface;
a first protective sheet adapted to be positioned adjacent a first side of the glazing of the window, wherein the glazing of the window and the first protective sheet are positioned adjacent the seating member in the window opening of the frame;
at least one retaining member pivotally attached to the pivoting member of the frame so that an interconnection between the at least one retaining member and the pivoting member is recessed within the window opening to thereby inhibit access to the interconnection by a person sitting adjacent the window wherein, the at least one retaining member being movable between a closed position, wherein the at least one retaining member secures the first protective sheet and the glazing against the seating member in the window opening of the frame and an opened position, wherein the glazing and the first protective sheet are exposed in the window opening and can be removed therefrom.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.