Window screens for vans and the like

Claim 1

A screen for use in combination with an openable window mounted within a window opening in a van or like vehicle and having a window manipulating handle affixed to the window adjacent one edge thereof and projecting inwardly of the opening, said screen comprising a rigid frame conforming to the periphery of the window opening for reception thereabout inward of the window, said frame having a pair of spaced ends aligned with each other for positioning to the opposite sides of the window handle upon a positioning of the screen about the window opening, said screen further including flexible wire screening having a peripheral edge secured to said frame peripherally about the frame and covering the area bounded by the frame, slot means through the edge of the screening between the spaced ends of the frame and alignable with the window handle for access thereto, said slot means extending inwardly from the edge of the screening for only a portion of the width of the screening, at least one piece of flexible material secured to said screening in overlying relationship to said slot means, said flexible material having an outer edge extending between the spaced ends of the frame, said piece of material having spaced slits therein paralleling and overlying said slot means and extending inwardly from the outer edge of the material, and a pair of zipper assemblies mounted on said piece of material with one zipper assembly associated with each slit for a selective opening and closing thereof, the portion of the flexible material between the zipper assemblies, upon an opening of both zipper assemblies, defining an access for the window handle, said flexible material and zipper assemblies, when closed, being inwardly flexible to accommodate the inwardly projecting window handle.