Patent ID: 8789324
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. An impact and blast resistant window, comprising: a window sash having an opening therein for receiving a window pane; a window pane positioned in the opening of the window sash; a durable polymer film coated or adhered to a surface of the window pane, with the durable polymer film positioned on a surface of the window pane that is directly adjacent to an interior of a building in which the window sash is mounted; wherein the window pane and the durable polymer film are secured to the window sash by adhering one adhesive side of a double sided tape to said window sash and an opposite adhesive side of said double sided tape to said durable polymer film; and wherein the double sided tape comprises closed-cell foam positioned between the one adhesive side of the double sided tape and the opposite adhesive side of the double sided tape.