Patent ID: 9255438
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: E06B

Claim Text:
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, rounded portion and a base section, the base section having at least one tongue 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 at least one channel having opposing, resilient prongs, the at least one channel configured to securely receive, between the resilient prongs, the at least one tongue of the deformable bulb, the resilient prongs configured to diverge to allow a distal end of the at least one tongue to pass between the resilient prongs in which the bulb and the carrier are symmetric about a common centerline.