Patent ID: 7614187

Claim:
A hurricane protection system comprising: a bar assembly including hollow interior and exterior tubes each tube having an inner and an outer end, the tubes being of a length less than the distance between spaced vertical window jamb side surfaces, a rigid stopper press fit into the outer end of each tube with a pin extending outwardly from each stopper, each pin including a base and a Tee-nut received within an axial aperture in the stopper, each base being threadedly received within a Tee-nut, aligned apertures with sleeves facing each other in the jamb side surfaces adapted to receive the pins when in an operational orientation, a coil spring within the exterior tube with a first end in contact with the stopper of the exterior tube and a second end in contact with the inner end of the interior tube, the coil spring adapted to be compressed to a loading orientation and expanded to the operational orientation.