Patent Application
20160109150
The disclosure relates to security devices and more particularly pertains to a new security device for securing a window containing a window mounted air conditioner.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cage structured to have a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The cage is further structured to have a first section slidably coupled to a second section so the cage has an adjustable width. The cage is further structured to have an open side. The cage is positioned in a window such that the open side receives an air conditioner mounted in the window to surround the air conditioner. Each of a plurality of fasteners extends through the cage and engages the window such that the cage prevents an individual from tampering with the air conditioner or entering through the window.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each a pair of forwardmost arms 34 of the cage 12 corresponding to a respective one of the first section 14 and the second section 16 has a plurality of openings 36 extending laterally therethrough. The openings 36 are evenly spaced apart and distributed along an entire length of each of the forwardmost arms 34. The cage 12 is positioned within a window 38. The window 38 may be a window of a building or the like.
The second section 16 is slidably adjusted with respect to the first section 14 such that each of the forwardmost arms 34 abuts an associated one of a pair of bounding vertical edges 40 of the window 38. Thus, the cage 12 extends across an entire width of the window 38. Each of the front side 18 of the first section 14 and the forward side 22 of the second section 16 receives an air conditioner 42 mounted in the window 38 so the cage 12 surrounds the air conditioner 42. Each of a plurality of fasteners 44 extends through an associated one of the openings 36 and engages the respective bounding vertical edges 40 of the window 38 to prevent an individual from tampering with the air conditioner 42 or entering through the window 38. The air conditioner 42 may be a window mounted air conditioner or the like.
In use, the assembly 10 is utilized when the window 38 is positioned in an open position to accommodate the air conditioner 42. The assembly 10 is coupled to the window 38 the entire time that the air conditioner 42 is mounted in the window 38. Moreover, the assembly 10 is removed from the window 38 after the air conditioner 42 is removed from the window 38.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
