Patent ID: 8659425

Claim:
A window safety and security device for detecting unauthorized movement of a double-hung window, a sliding window, or a door upon which the safety and security device is installed and communicating an alarm in response to the detecting, comprising: a single, high-powered suction cup with a housing, the suction cup configured to be removably attached to an inside glass pane of a first sash of a double-hung window, a sliding window, or a door comprising a first and a second sash; a first electrical switch disposed in, on or affixed to the suction cup housing including an actuator that toggles the switch contacts between an open or non-conducting (“off”) state to closed or conducting (“on”) state, when powered, if window movement causes part of the window to contact and depress the actuator and toggle the switch to the closed or conducting state; and means for communicating an alarm condition disposed in, on or affixed to the suction cup housing, if the second electrical switch is toggled to the conducting state.