Patent ID: 8250815

Claim:
Apparatus for attaching a window well cover to a window well comprising: a building having at least one wall portion thereof below a top grade of the ground; a window disposed in the at least one wall portion below the top grade of the ground, the window having an outside and an inside, a left side and a right side; a window well disposed at least partially below grade adjacent the outside of the window, the window well comprising a substantially vertical wall extending from the left side of the window to the right side of the window, an intermediate portion of the wall being spaced from the window to form a space to allow egress in case of emergency, the wall having a substantially continuous enlarged upper lip, the lip having an inner side closest to the window and an outer side further from the window; a window well cover removably attached to the upper lip of the window well, the window well cover comprising: a frame with a plurality of spring clips attached to the frame, each of the spring clips having an inner and an outer downwardly extending flange biased towards each other, the inner flange being in abutment with the inner side of the enlarged upper lip of the window well and the outer flange being in abutment with the outer side of the enlarged upper lip of the window well; and each spring clip being pivotally attached to a bracket about a first substantial vertical axis for permitting alignment of the inner and outer flange with respect to the enlarged upper lip of the window well wall and the bracket being pivotally attached to the frame about a second substantial vertical axis to allow the clip to be adjusted with respect to the frame and with respect to the enlarged upper lip of the window well, thereby being pivotally adjustable to different sizes and shapes of window wells, said second substantially vertical axis being fixed with respect to the first vertical axis.