Patent ID: 8230645
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An adjustable window stop assembly which locks sashes of a double hung window together to permit ventilation through the window said stop assembly: an outer tube in combination with a telescoping inner tube, said telescoping inner tube telescopically slidable within said outer tube; said outer tube and said telescoping inner tube each having a quadrilateral cross section; said stop assembly also including a hook and loop fastening pad with a loop layer thereof bonded to said outer tube and a hook layer thereof having a releasable adhesive adhering said hook layer to a selected exposed surface of an upper one of said sashes of said double hung window, the outer tube being attached to said selected exposed surface via said hook and look fastening pad; an upper end of said outer tube being substantially aligned with an upper edge of the upper sash whereby said sashes, when locked together, can be adjusted to create an upper or lower opening in said double hung window; said telescoping inner tube removably resting at a bottom edge thereof on a top surface of a lower one of said sashes, whereby said stop assembly including said hook and loop fastening pad is removable from said double hung window; a knob being attached to said inner tube adjacent said bottom edge of said telescoping inner tube; a single hole in said outer tube being aligned with a row of holes in said telescoping inner tube; a fastener comprising a pin; and a lanyard having one end attached to said fastener and an opposite end attached to said inner tube at a point adjacent the bottom edge of the inner tube and said knob; a length of said window stop assembly and a size of said opening in said double hung window are adjusted by placing a selected one of said holes of the row of holes in said telescoping inner tube in alignment with said single hole in said outer tube and then inserting said pin through said single hole of said outer tube and into said selected hole in said telescoping inner tube.