Patent ID: 8176678

Claim:
A security structure comprising: an interior sash window; an exterior sash window; a window frame housing the interior sash window and the exterior sash window; a plurality of vertical security members interposed between the interior sash window and the exterior sash window, at least one of the vertical security members is removably coupled to the window frame; and a plurality of horizontal security members interposed between the interior sash window and the exterior sash window, at least one of the horizontal security members is removably coupled to the window frame; wherein at least one of the vertical security members further comprises a lever for rotation thereof about its longitudinal axis, and wherein the rotatable one of the vertical security members cooperates with one of the horizontal security members and responsive to rotation of the rotatable one of the vertical security members about its longitudinal axis the one of the horizontal security members telescopically retracts from the window frame; and wherein a horizontal plane intersects a portion of the exterior sash window, a portion of at least one of the vertical security members, one of the horizontal security members, and a portion of the interior sash window.