Patent ID: 8365492

Claim:
A blast resistant window system installed over a reinforced window pane supported by a window framework mounted in an opening in a wall of a structure, the window pane having an inside surface facing an inside of the structure and an outside surface facing an outside of the structure, comprising: a plurality of anchor members disposed in the wall of the structure; first and second mounting bodies disposed at first and second opposite ends of the opening and secured to the structure with the anchor members, the first mounting body having a first pair of spaced brackets depending from a major surface of the first mounting body, the second mounting body having a second pair of spaced brackets depending from a major surface of the second mounting body; a first energy dampening device disposed between the first pair of spaced brackets and a second energy dampening device disposed between the second pair of spaced brackets; and first and second restraining cables extending between the first and second mounting bodies across the inside surface of the window pane, the first and second restraining cables having first ends fixedly connected to the first pair of spaced brackets and second ends fixedly connected to the second pair of spaced brackets, wherein the cables are coupled together at the first opposite end of the opening by the first energy dampening device extending therebetween and at the second opposite end of the opening by the second energy dampening device extending therebetween.