Removable vehicle window security screen system

• US 5,992,498 A
• Filed: 06/05/1997
• Issued: 11/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Boston, Lorenzo
• Original Assignee: Boston, Lorenzo
• Inventors: Boston, Lorenzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lev, Bruce A.
• Application Number:
  US08/870,061
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• Field of Search: 160/105, 160/368.1, 160/370.21, 160/370.22, 160/382, 160/400, 160/404, 160/DIG. 2, 160/DIG. 10, 296/97.7, 296/97.8
• US Class Current: 160/370.22
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/2047 End position holding means, e.g. suction cups, hooks on a vehicle, indentations on guides
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/2072 Blinds with inclined or vertical orientation of the winding axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/2086 specially adapted for openable windows, e.g. side window

Abstract

A removable vehicle window security screen system includes a reticulated netting formed to a shape of a window opening, a resilient border strip secured to the netting, a plurality of apertures in a window frame, and a plurality of fasteners for projecting through the border strip into the apertures. The fasteners are insertable only from an inside of the vehicle thereby allowing the user to lock the vehicle while stationary without fear of theft.

Claims

1. A removable vehicle window security screen system comprising, in combination:

a vehicle having a window opening, the window opening having a window frame surrounding the window opening;

a reticulated netting formed to a shape for covering the window opening of the vehicle, said reticulated netting being adapted to permit airflow therethrough;

a resilient border strip attached to said reticulated netting; and

a securing means for removably attaching said resilient border strip and said reticulated netting to the window frame for permitting air to enter said window opening while preventing insertion of a human hand into an interior of the vehicle through the window opening when the reticulated netting is positioned to cover the window opening; and

wherein said securing means includes

a plurality of fasteners,

a plurality of grommets secured distally within said resilient border strip, each grommet being for receiving a corresponding one of said plurality of fasteners,

a plurality of apertures projecting into said window frame corresponding to said plurality of grommets for receiving said corresponding fastener,

a plurality of passages projecting into said window frame extending from and connected to corresponding said plurality of apertures, wherein a diameter of said apertures is slightly larger than a diameter of said fastener,

each of said fasteners including a bulbous end,

each of said fasteners including a flange concentrically secured to said fastener for preventing a complete insertion of said fastener into said aperture and passage, and

a plurality of bulbous cavities within said window frame connected correspondingly to said plurality of passages opposite of said apertures for catchably receiving said bulbous end of said fastener thereby securing said resilient border strip to said window frame.

2. The removable vehicle window security screen system of claim 1, including a storage means secured to said window frame for winding and unwinding said reticulated netting during respective nonuse and use.

3. The removable vehicle window security screen system of claim 2, wherein said storage means comprises:

said window opening has a wider end and a narrower end, said window opening generally tapering from said wider end to said narrower end, said reticulated netting having a wider end and a narrower end generally corresponding to said window opening;

an elongated encasement having a hollow interior extending radially outward along a longitudinal axis of the encasement, wherein said elongated encasement is secured to said window frame with the longitudinal axis of said encasement in a substantially vertical orientation, said encasement being secured to said window frame adjacent to the wider end of said window opening;

a slot projecting into said interior of said elongated encasement parallel to said longitudinal axis of said elongated encasement for receiving said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip therethrough;

a shaft rotatably secured coaxial to said longitudinal axis of said elongated encasement and wherein said shaft secures said reticulated netting at said wider end, said reticulated netting being coiled about said shaft with said narrower end withdrawable through said slot;

a coil spring secured to an end of said shaft and engaging said elongated encasement, wherein said coil spring is wound to rotate said shaft for storing said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip in said interior of said elongated encasement; and

a handle secured to said narrower end of said reticulated netting, said handle extending through said slot when said reticulated netting is stored in the interior of said encasement, said handle being for allowing manual removal of said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip from said interior of said elongated encasement.

4. The removable vehicle window security screen system of claim 3, including a sun screen member removably mountable to said reticulated netting by a plurality of hook and loop fasteners attached between said sun screen member and said reticulated netting.

5. A removable vehicle window security screen system comprising, in combination:

a vehicle having a window opening, the window opening having a window frame surrounding the window opening;

a reticulated netting formed to a shape for covering the window opening of the vehicle;

a resilient border strip attached to said reticulated netting; and

a securing means for removably attaching said resilient border strip to the window frame for preventing insertion of a human hand into an interior of the vehicle through the window opening when the reticulated netting is positioned to cover the window opening; and

wherein said securing means includes

a plurality of fasteners,

a plurality of grommets secured distally within said resilient border strip, each grommet being for receiving a corresponding one of said plurality of fasteners,

a plurality of apertures projecting into said window frame corresponding to said plurality of grommets for receiving said corresponding fastener,

a plurality of passages projecting into said window frame extending from and connected to corresponding said plurality of apertures, wherein a diameter of said apertures is slightly larger than a diameter of said fastener,

each of said fasteners including a bulbous end,

each of said fasteners including a flange concentrically secured to said fastener for preventing a complete insertion of said fastener into said aperture and passage, and

a plurality of bulbous cavities within said window frame connected correspondingly to said plurality of passages opposite of said apertures for catchably receiving said bulbous end of said fastener thereby securing said resilient border strip to said window frame;

a storage means secured to said window frame for winding/unwinding said reticulated netting during respective nonuse and use;

wherein said storage means includes

an elongated encasement having a hollow interior extending radially outward along a longitudinal axis of the encasement, wherein said elongated encasement is secured to said window frame transversely to a longitudinal axis of said vehicle,

a slot projecting into said interior of said elongated encasement parallel to said longitudinal axis of said elongated encasement for receiving said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip therethrough,

a shaft rotatably secured coaxial to said longitudinal axis of said elongated encasement and wherein said shaft secures said resilient border strip at one end,

a coil spring secured to an end of said shaft and engaging said elongated encasement, wherein said coil spring is wound to rotate said shaft for storing said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip in said interior of said elongated encasement, and

a handle secured to an end of said resilient border strip opposite of said shaft, said handle extending through said slot when said reticulated netting is stored in the interior of said encasement, said handle being for allowing manual removal of said reticulated netting and said resilient border strip from said interior of said elongated encasement; and

a sun screen member removably mountable to said reticulated netting by a plurality of hook and loop fasteners attached between said sun screen member and said reticulated netting.