# US 9,752,373 B2 · Press fit storm window system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,752,373 B2 - Document ID: US9752373B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/411,577 - Filed: 2017-01-20 - Published: 2017-05-11 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2009-10-05 - Assignees: R Value, Inc. - Applicants: R Value, Inc. - Inventors: Samuel Pardue; Mark Pratt; Richard Radford; Andrew Stevens - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9752373B2 ## CPC - E06B 3/301: {consisting of prefabricated profiled members or glass} - E06B 3/28: with additional removable glass panes or the like, framed or unframed - E06B 3/30: Coverings, e.g. protecting against weather, for decorative purposes {(for door leaves E06B3/7001)} - E06B 3/62: of rubber-like elastic cleats - E06B 5/12: against air pressure, explosion, or gas - E06B 7/22: by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient edgings, e.g. felt or plush strips, resilient metal strips (E06B7/18 takes precedence) - E06B 7/23: Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes - E06B 7/2303: {hollow} - E06B 7/2318: {by applying over- or under-pressure, e.g. inflatable (gasproof doors or windows E06B5/12; for vehicles B60J10/244)} - E06B 9/00: Screening or protective devices for {wall or similar} openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F) - E06B 9/02: Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary (louvre windows or grilles E06B7/08; lamellar blinds E06B9/26) - E06B 5/125: {Closures for relieving excess pressure inside the building} - E06B 2003/6264: {hollow} - E06B 2009/005: {Storm panels; hurricane shutters} - E06B 2009/527: {Mounting of screens to window or door} - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## 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 portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The crosspiece includes a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece. Each shoulder protrudes laterally beyond the extension. The elongated carrier has a receiving slot opposite a panel gap configured to receive an edge of the panel. The receiving slot has a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot. The receiving slot is configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for mounting a secondary, rigid panel within a window frame of an existing window in a building, the system comprising: a rigid panel having an edge; an elongated, deformable bulb having: a resilient portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section and including an aperture through the extension, an elongated support rod inserted through the aperture, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension, the crosspiece including a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece, each shoulder protruding laterally beyond the extension extending from the base section; and an elongated carrier configured to receive at least a portion of the edge of the panel within a panel gap of the carrier, the carrier having a receiving slot opposite the panel gap, the receiving slot having a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot, the receiving slot configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, in which the aperture is generally rectangular and has two pairs of opposing parallel edges. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, in which the support rod contacts at least one of the pairs of opposing parallel edges. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, in which the bulb further includes further includes friction ribs on an outer portion of the resilient portion of the bulb, the friction ribs configured to increase friction between the bulb and the window frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, in which the bulb has an internal corner groove at a transition between the resilient portion and the base section of the bulb. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, in which the carrier further includes yieldable nubs within the panel gap, the nubs structured to support and retain the panel within the carrier. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, in which the carrier further includes stabilizers on opposing sides within the panel gap, the stabilizers configured to provide lateral stability to the panel within the carrier. ### Claim 8 A system for mounting a secondary, rigid panel and flexible sheet within a window frame of an existing window in a building, the system comprising: a flexible sheet having an edge; an elongated, deformable bulb having: a resilient portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension, the crosspiece including a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece, each shoulder protruding laterally beyond the extension extending from the base section; and an elongated carrier configured to receive at least a portion of an edge of the panel within a panel gap of the carrier, the carrier having: a receiving slot opposite the panel gap, the receiving slot having a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot, the receiving slot configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece, and a first protrusion and a second protrusion extending laterally away from a first side of the elongated carrier, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being configured to receive between them the edge of the flexible sheet and an elongated spline, the flexible sheet being pinched between the spline, the first protrusion, and the second protrusion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, in which the extension extending from the base section includes an aperture through the extension. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, in which the system further comprises an elongated support rod inserted through the aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, in which the bulb further includes further includes friction ribs on an outer portion of the resilient portion of the bulb, the friction ribs configured to increase friction between the bulb and the window frame.