Patent ID: 6296041
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A window net child safety guard comprising:an upper pair of mounting flanges and a lower pair of mounting flanges each of which are identical to each other in design and construction and have a planar backplate having disposed thereon a cylindrical flange knob, said cylindrical flange knob including an aperture;an upper interior nesting tube having first and second ends, defining a longitudinal axis, and including a first diameter;an upper exterior nesting tube having first and second ends, defining a longitudinal axis, and including a second diameter greater than the first diameter of said upper interior nesting tube;the first end of said upper interior nesting tube having an aperture transverse to the longitudinal axis and sized to receive therein said cylindrical flange knob and the second end of said upper interior nesting tube being slidably received within the first end of said upper exterior nesting tube, the second end of said upper exterior nesting tube having an aperture transverse to the longitudinal axis and sized to receive therein said cylindrical flange knob;a lower interior nesting tube having first and second ends, defining a longitudinal axis, and including a first diameter;a lower exterior nesting tube having first and second ends, defining a longitudinal axis, and including a second diameter greater than the first diameter of said lower interior nesting tube;the first end of said lower interior nesting tube having an aperture transverse to the longitudinal axis and sized to receive therein said cylindrical flange knob and the second end of said lower interior nesting tube being slidably received within the first end of said lower exterior nesting tube, the second end of said lower exterior nesting tube having an aperture transverse to the longitudinal axis and sized to receive therein said cylindrical flange knob;a retaining net having an upper loop and a lower loop, the upper loop receiving the upper interior and exterior nesting tubes and the lower loop receiving the lower interior and exterior nesting tubes;each of said mounting flanges further having a hitch pin, wherein, the cylindrical flange knobs of said mounting flanges extend through the apertures of said nesting tubes such that the aperture of said cylindrical flange knobs extends therefrom and receive said hitch pin so as to secure said nesting tubes to said mounting flanges.