Door and window water shield

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A WALL HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN INCLUDING OPPOSITE UPSTANDING END EDGES AND A LOWER EDGE INTERCONNECTING SAID END EDGES, A WALL OPENING WATER SHIELD FOR PREVENTING THE ENTRANCE OF WATER THROUGH SAID OPENING IN THE EVENT THE WATER LEVEL OF WATER ON ONE SIDE OF SAID WALL RISES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID LOWER EDGE, SAID WATER SHIELD COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING WATER IMPERVIOUS PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR TIGHT FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOWER AND EDGES, SAID PANEL ASSEMBLY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT AND PLANAR AND INCLUDING LOWER AND OPPOSITE END EDGES, MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING SAID PANEL ASSEMBLY IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID OPENING WITH THE LOWER AND OPPOSITE END EDGES OF SAID PANEL ASSEMBLY DISPOSED IN FLUID TIGHT SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER AND OPPOSITE END EDGES OF SAID OPENING, SAID PANEL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF PANEL SECTIONS DISPOSED IN END-TO-END RELATION AND PIVOTALLY SECURED TOGETHER AT ADJACENT END EDGES BY MEANS OF A HINGE INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEAVES SECURED TO AND EXTENDING ALONG THE MARGINAL PORTIONS OF CORRESPONDING SIDE SURFACES OF SAID SECTIONS AND PIVOTALLY SECURED TOGETHER BY MEANS OF A PIVOT EXTENDING ALONG SAID ADJACENT END EDGES OF SAID PANEL SECTIONS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A LIMIT POSITION WITH SAID PANEL SECTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR AND A POSITION WITH SAID PANEL SECTIONS