Patent ID: 7533504

Claim:
For aiding in supporting from a supporting structure, one of a bay window and a bow window that has a mullion, a frame member and a seat board with a bottom surface in at least one of a level condition and at a desired elevation from the structure, cable mechanism that includes an elongated cable having a first end portion adapted for being mounted to the supporting structure and a second end portion and an elongated stud having a first end portion fixedly attached to the cable second end portion, an axially elongated intermediate portion that is threaded and a second end portion that is polygonal in transverse cross section and a nut with at least one of the nut being threadable on the intermediate portion and a washer on the stud for abutting against the bottom surface, the threaded intermediate portion comprising a single, continuous helical thread extending at least a major part of the intermediate portion with its crest diameter being greater than the maximum transverse dimension of the stud second end portion, the intermediate portion having a lower threaded part with the stud second end portion joined thereto, the lower part and stud second end portion being extendablr below the seat board bottom surface.