Press fit storm window system
AssigneeR Value, Inc.
InventorsSamuel Pardue, Mark Pratt, Richard Radford
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Abstract
A system for mounting a secondary panel within a window frame of an existing window. The system includes a rigid panel, an elongated deformable bulb, and an elongated carrier. The bulb has a resilient, rounded portion and a base section with at least one tongue extending from the base section. The carrier is configured to receive at least a portion of an edge of the panel within a panel gap and to receive, between opposing resilient prongs, the tongue of the bulb. The resilient prongs are configured to diverge to allow a distal end of the tongue to pass between the resilient prongs. Also disclosed is a system for mounting a flexible sheet within a window frame of an existing window.
Claims11
A system for mounting a flexible sheet within a window frame of an existing window in a building, the system comprising:
- a flexible sheet;
- an elongated, compressible bulb having a resilient, rounded portion and a base section, the base section having at least one tongue extending from the base section;
- an elongated frame having at least one channel having opposing, resilient prongs, the at least one channel configured to securely receive, between the resilient prongs, the at least one tongue of the bulb, the resilient prongs configured to diverge to allow a distal end of the at least one tongue to pass between the resilient prongs, the frame further having an arm extending from the frame;
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- an elongated receiver having a gap, the receiver configured to securely accept at least a portion of the arm within the gap and to pinch a portion of the flexible sheet between the arm and the receiver within the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.