Releasable window guard

Claim 2

An improved window guard assembly of the type having a guard for covering a building window, attachment means for pivotally mounting the guard to a window frame to allow opening and closing movement, and locking means for selectively preventing opening movement, the locking means including a manually actuable latch member for controlling the locking means, the improvement comprising: enclosure means for surrounding the latch member to prevent access to the latch member from the exterior of the building, the enclosure means having an opening facing the interior of the building for providing access to the latch member from inside the building; and a plurality of doors hingedly mounted to the enclosure means for covering the opening, the doors being of a size that requires all of the doors to be opened to provide access to the latch member, the doors being positioned in relation to each other so that in the open position, they define a barrier that requires one on the exterior of the building to reach around the doors in an attempt to reach the latch member.

Claim 3

An improved releasable window guard assembly of the type having a guard for covering a building window, attachment means for pivotally mounting the guard to a window frame to allow opening and closing movement, and locking means for selectively preventing opening movement, the locking means including a manually actuable latch member for controlling the locking means, the improvement comprising: enclosure means adapted to be located at one corner of the window frame for surrounding the latch member to prevent access to the latch member from the exterior of the building, the enclosure means having an opening facing the interior of the building for providing access to the latch member from inside the building; a first door connected to the enclosure means opening by a horizontally oriented hinge; and a second door connected to the enclosure means opening by a vertically oriented hinge, both doors substantially covering the enclosure means opening so as to require both doors to be opened for access to the latch member, the hinges being located so that the doors combine with the window frame to define a barrier that requires one on the exterior of the building to attempt to reach around the doors in order to contact the latch member.

Claim 4

An improved releasable window guard assembly of the type having a guard for covering a building window, attachment means for pivotally mounting the guard to a window frame to allow opening and closing movement, and locking means for selectively preventing opening movement, the locking means including a manually actuable latch member for controlling the locking means, the improvement comprising: enclosure means adapted to be located at one corner of the window frame for surrounding the latch member to prevent access to the latch member from the exterior of the building, the enclosure means having an opening facing the interior of the building for providing access to the latch member from inside the building; a first door connected to the enclosure means opening by a horizontally oriented hinge; and a second door connected to the enclosure means opening by a vertically oriented hinge, both doors substantially covering the enclosure means opening so as to require both doors to be opened for access to the latch member, the hinges being located so that the doors combine with the window frame to define a barrier that requires one on the exterior of the building to attempt to reach around the doors in order to contact the latch member.

Claim 5

The window guard assembly according to claim 2 wherein the enclosure means comprises a rectangular box mounted to a lower corner of the guard.

Claim 6

The window guard assembly according to claim 3 wherein a partition is mounted between the doors and the latch member inside the box, the partition extending vertically a portion of the height of the box, requiring one to reach past the partition in order to contact the latch member.

Claim 7

The window guard assembly according to claim 2 wherein the attachment means comprises a plurality of hinges mounted between the grid and the window frame on one vertical side.

Claim 8

The window guard assembly according to claim 5 wherein the locking means comprises: a tab secured to the window frame on the side opposite the hinges, the tab having a hole therethrough; and a rod slidably carried on one side of the guard and adapted to extend through the hole in the tab; the latch member being located in the enclosure means below the rod for selectively preventing vertical sliding movement of the rod.

Claim 9

A releasable window guard assembly for mounting in a window frame, comprising in combination: a guard having two vertical spaced apart members; a pair of hinges connected to one of the vertical members for securing the guard to the window frame; the other vertical member being hollow and having a horizontal slot intermediate its ends; a tab adapted to be mounted to the window frame for reception in the slot when the guard is closed, the tab having a hole therethrough; a rod slidably carried in the hollow vertical member and adapted to extend through the hole in the tab; a latch member slidably mounted to the guard below the slot, the latch member being movable between a closed position in which it holds the rod in engagement with the tab and an open position in which the rod is allowed to fall past the latch member and disengage itself from the tab; enclosure means for enclosing the latch member to prevent access to the latch member from the exterior of the building, the enclosure means having an opening facing the interior of the building for providing access to the latch member from inside the building; a first door connected to the enclosure means opening by a horizontally oriented hinge at the top of the first door; a second door connected to the enclosure means opening by a vertically oriented hinge, the vertical hinge being spaced from the hollow vertical member so that when the second door opens, its inner side faces the nearest vertical side of the window frame, the doors and opening being of a size that requires both doors to be opened to reach the latch member.

Claim 10

A releasable window guard assembly for mounting in a window frame, comprising in combination: a guard having two vertical spaced apart members; a pair of hinges connected to one of the vertical members for securing the guard to the window frame; the other vertical member being hollow and having a horizontal slot intermediate its ends; a tab adapted to be mounted to the window frame for reception in the slot when the guard is closed, the tab having a hole therethrough; a rod slidably carried in the hollow vertical member and adapted to extend through the hole in the tab; a latch member slidably mounted to the guard below the slot, the latch member being movable between a closed position in which it holds the rod in engagement with the tab and an open position in which the rod is allowed to fall past the latch member and disengage itself from the tab; enclosure means for enclosing the latch member to prevent access to the latch member from the exterior of the building, the enclosure means having an opening facing the interior of the building for providing access to the latch member from inside the building; a first door connected to the enclosure means opening by a horizontally oriented hinge at the top of the first door; a second door connected to the enclosure means opening by a vertically oriented hinge, the vertical hinge being spaced from the hollow vertical member so that when the second door opens, its inner side faces the nearest vertical side of the window frame, the doors and opening being of a size that requires both doors to be opened to reach the latch member.

Claim 11

The window guard assembly according to claim 7 wherein the enclosure means comprises: a rectangular box having a solid back, top and bottom, and solid vertical sides, one of the vertical sides being flush with the hollow vertical member, the bottom being flush with the base of the guard, the front of the box being the opening.

Claim 12

The window guard assembly according to claim 8 wherein the latch member comprises a sliding bolt mounted to the inner side of the back of the box.

Claim 13

The window guard assembly according to claim 8 further comprising a partition extending downwardly a selected distance from the inner side of the top of the box between the doors and the latch member.

Claim 14

The window guard assembly according to claim 7 further comprising: an upper slot in the hollow vertical member spaced vertically from said slot; an upper tab having a hole therethrough mounted to the window frame and spaced vertically from said tab; an upper rod slidably carried in the hollow vertical member above said rod; and limit means between the upper slot and said slot for preventing the upper rod from dropping through said slot, but allowing said rod to push the upper rod through the hole in the upper tab.