REMOVABLE SOLAR PANEL INSERTS

• US 20140318048A1
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Best Solar Control Inc.
• Original Assignee: Best Solar Control Inc.
• Inventors: Dison, Raymond A., Dison, Janie L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,222,301 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/203
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/2488 Curved perimeter
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/2494 Trapezoidal or triangular
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/24 Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blindsoperating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; free-hanging flexible screens A47H23/00

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods related to a removable solar panel insert for a window. In some embodiments the window is an architectural window. The removable solar panel insert may include an insert frame shaped substantially equivalent to the frame of the window and a translucent solar material securely attached to the insert frame. The translucent solar material covers an opening defined by the insert frame. The solar panel insert may be easily removed from the window.

Claims

1. A solar panel insert, comprising:

an insert frame shaped substantially equivalent to a window frame, wherein size dimensions of the insert frame are smaller than size dimensions of the window frame such that the insert frame is constructed to fit within the window frame; and

a translucent solar material securely affixed to the insert frame, the translucent solar material covering an opening defined by the insert frame.

2. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein the insert frame comprises a wood material.

3. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein the insert frame comprises a front face and a back face, and wherein the translucent solar material is securely attached to the back face of the insert frame.

4. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein a back side of the insert frame comprises a plurality of fasteners configured to detachably mount the insert frame to a mounting frame.

5. The solar panel insert of claim 4, wherein the mounting frame is secured to at least a portion of the window frame.

6. The solar panel insert of claim 4, wherein the plurality of fasteners comprises a hook and loop fastener.

7. The solar panel insert of claim 4, wherein the insert frame comprises a removal tab extending from a back side of the window frame, the removal tab configured to initiate removal of the insert frame from the mounting frame.

8. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein the translucent solar material is designed to reduce at least one of the following:

solar heat gain, glare, or fading.

9. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein the window frame is part of an architectural window.

10. The solar panel insert of claim 1, wherein the window frame comprises an asymmetrical shape.

11. A solar panel insert apparatus, comprising:

a first frame comprising a plurality of sides, wherein a first side is connected to a first jamb of a window frame of a window and a second side is connected to a second jamb of the window frame;

a second frame shaped substantially similar to the window frame, the second frame being detachably attached to the first frame and at least partially embedded within the window frame; and

a fabric attached to the second frame that covers an opening defined by the second frame, the fabric designed to reduce features associated with solar light emitted through a window pane of the window.

12. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a removal tab extending from the second frame, wherein the removal tab is configured to initiate a detachment of the second frame from the first frame.

13. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second frame is detachably attached to the first frame via a plurality of fasteners.

14. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 13, wherein the plurality of fasteners comprise a hook and loop fastener.

15. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 13, wherein the fabric is translucent.

16. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 13, wherein size dimensions of the second frame are smaller than size dimensions of the window frame.

17. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 13, wherein the window frame comprises one of the following shapes:

a trapezoid, an ellipse, an oval, an octagon, a triangle, an eyebrow, a half circle, a quarter circle, a pentagon, a heptagon, a decagon, or a hexagon.

18. A solar panel insert apparatus, comprising:

means for mounting an insert frame to an architectural window;

means for attaching the insert frame to the mounting means;

means for reducing solar properties of sunlight projected onto the architectural window; and

means for initiating a detachment of the insert frame from the mounting means.

19. The solar panel insert apparatus of claim 18, wherein the insert frame is shaped substantially similar to a frame of the architectural window.

20. The solar panel insert of claim 18, wherein the insert frame comprises a wood material.