Patent ID: 8726954

Claim:
A seasonal covering system, comprising: an outdoor located unit defining an opening which exposes internal components; a plurality of fasteners, each including a base portion with outwardly projecting supporting structure, said base portions being secured upon a face of the unit at a spaced apart location proximate to the opening; said fasteners each further including a generally elongate and rounded edged component pivotally supported relative to said supporting structures about an axis defined by a widthwise inserting mounting pin such that said rounded edged components each extend outwardly a projected distance beyond said supporting structure; and an air and precipitation impermeable layer of a flexible material arranged over the opening and which prevents at least one of air movement and/of precipitation through said opening in contact with the components, said impermeable layer further including a plurality of aperture defining eyelets arranged about a perimeter thereof and which are received over said elongate and rounded edged components arranged in first linear extending positions relative to said supporting structures, said elongate components subsequently rotating to assembled and retaining positions in which said air and/or precipitation impermeable layer is restrained by said rotated components and supported over said supporting structure against said base portions.