Air conditioning apparatus

Claim 1

MOUNTING MEANS FOR A ROOM AIR CONDITIONER OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A BOX-LIKE HOUSING ADAPTED FOR PLACEMENT WITHIN A WINDOW FRAME, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BRACKET MEANS FOR ENCLOSING SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED FOR DISPOSITION WITHIN SUCH WINDOW FRAME IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATION WITH THE LATTER, SAID BRACKET MEANS INCLUDING PORTIONS MOUNTED FOR TELESCOPING MOVEMENT FROM A RETRACTED POSITION TO AN EXTENDED MOUNTING POSITION ENGAGING SUCH WINDOW FRAME; AND LOCKING MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH EXTENDED POSITION AND LOCKING INTERENGAGEMENT OF SAID BRACKET MEANS WITH SUCH WINDOW FRAME IN RESPONSE TO MOVING SAID BRACKET PORTIONS TOWARD SAID FRAME SAID LOCKING MEANS COMPRISING PAWL MEANS, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID PAWL MEANS UPON SAID BRACKET MEANS, SAID PAWL MEANS CONTINUOUSLY FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SAID BRACKET PORTIONS AND BEING OPERABLE TO PERMIT MOVEMENTS OF SAID BRACKET PORTIONS TO EXTENDED POSITION WHILE PREVENTING THEIR MOVEMENT TO RETRACTED POSITION, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET PORTIONS AUTOMATICALLY MOVABLE TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME INTO WEDGING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FRAME, THEREBY TO ESTABLISH THE RECITED LOCKING INTERENGAGEMENT.