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US 7,000,955 B2Granted
Portable casement window securing device
OwnerRoger Heyderinventor
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Abstract
A compact, portable device for effectively locking a crank window in a user selected position. The body of the device can be selectively secured to or released from a window crank. When secured to the window crank, the device limits rotation of the crank by mechanical interference.
Claims1
A portable casement window securing device comprising:
- a) a disk shaped body of predetermined size;
- b) a hole in said disk shaped body that allows said disk shaped body to be fitted onto a casement window crank handle;
- c) a lock-actuated sliding bar internal to said disk shaped body which when extended reduces the size of said hole, such that when said hole size is reduced said disk shaped body can no longer be removed from said casement window crank handle;
- whereby when the device is secured to said crank handle of said casement window, rotation of said crank handle is limited and said casement window is effectively locked in position.
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