Window well cover

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A BUILDING WALL AND A SEMICIRCULAR VERTICALLY DISPOSED SHEET METAL WINDOW WELL HAVING AN EXPOSED UPPER EDGE ADJACENT THE GROUND SURFACE BELOW AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID BUILDING WALL, A WELL COVER COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT OUTER HOOD OF QUARTER-SPHERICAL SHAPE HAVING THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF ENGAGING THE WELL UPPER EDGE AND THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF ENGAGING THE BUILDING WALL, THERE BEING APERTURES IN THE PORTION OF SAID HOOD ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE, A DOOR CONFORMABLY SHAPED TO FIT SNUGLY WITHIN SAID HOOD NORMALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOOD ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF AND IN COVERING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID APERTURES, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID DOOR TO SAID HOOD FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT FROM THE NORMAL POSITION TO A POSITION ADJACENT TO THE PORTION OF SAID HOOD ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE AND OUT OF COVERING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOOD APERTURES, A FIRST LIP ON THE INNER FACE OF SAID HOOD ADJACENT THE LOWER END THEREOF, SAID LIP RECEIVING THE LOWER END OF SAID DOOR WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN THE NORMAL POSITION, AND A SECOND LIP ON THE INNER FACE OF SAID HOOD INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID DOOR UPPER END BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOOK PORTION RECEIVED IN SAID SECOND LIP WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN THE NORMAL POSITION.