Releasable window guard

Claim 1

A mounting device comprising the combination of: a window frame; a window guard; detachable mounting means releasably securing said window guard to said window frame; each of said mounting means including a headed bolt having a shank passing through said guard and said frame so as to project outwardly from the interior surface of said frame; pin means removably carried by said bolt shank for retaining said bolt on said frame to support said window guard; resilient means forcibly and yieldably retaining said pin means engaged with said bolt shank; a pair of sleeves arranged in telescoping relationship about said bolt shank and each of said sleeves having an enlarged flange exposed adjacent to and bearing against the exterior and interior surfaces respectively of said frame; said resilient means compressively disposed between the head of said bolt and said window guard; said bolt being responsive to withdrawal of said pin means to move out of said sleeves in response to expansion of said resilient means; said bolt shank includes a threaded tip; a cap threadably engageable with said tip for covering said pin means; said pin means comprises a straight pin insertably engaged with a registered hole in said bolt shank so as to bear against said sleeve flange opposite to said sleeve flange closest to said window guard; and said pin covered by said cap preparatory to use for releasing said window guard and disposed in close proximity to the interior of said window frame.