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Accessory mounting devices for window systems

  • US 8,196,363 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2009
  • Issued: 06/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mounting base for a window frame, comprising:

  • a female body having an elongated shape, the elongated shape of the female body having a length that exceeds a width of the female body, the female body comprising a head that comprises the having an elongated shape, the head being constructed and arranged to mount on an exterior of the window frame and cover an elongated opening in a surface of an exterior of the window frame, the female body having an elongated and transverse slot therein that bisects the head and a portion of the female body that adjoins the head, the slot extending from a first end of the length of the head to an opposite end of the length of the head and forming a first opposing side of the female body and a second opposing side of the female body, wherein the first opposing side of the female body is displaceable toward the elongated and transverse slot and the second opposing side of the female body by application of pressure and returns to a normal position upon withdrawing of pressure;

    an elongated male body that engages the elongated and transverse slot in the female body and holds the first opposing side of the female body away from the second opposing side of the female body to hold the female body in position in the elongated opening of the window frame;

    a fastener that passes through the male body from a top of the male body to a bottom of the male body and engages a void in the female body that is below the bottom of the male body to hold the male body in position in the female body;

    wherein the female body comprises a neck positioned below the head, the neck having a reduced dimension from the head, wherein the neck is present in the first opposing side of the female body that is displaceable towards the elongated and transverse slot and the neck position is opposite the elongated and transverse slot, and the neck is present in the second opposing side of the female body and the neck is positioned opposite the elongated and transverse slot.

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