US2806746A

US2806746A - Window platform

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Publication number: US2806746A
Application number: US389357A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elmer R Hughes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1953-10-30
Filing date: 1953-10-30
Publication date: 1957-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1974-09-17

Description

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Application October 30, 1953, Serial No. 389,357

2 Claims. (Cl. 304-24) This invention relates in general to improvements in window platforms, and more specifically to a window platform especially intended for portable use throughout a building and being adjustable in size for engaging windows of various dimensions.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved window platform which is adjustable and which has interior wall engaging arms, the adjustability of the platform permitting the arms to engage walls on opposite sides of windows of various widths.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved window platform which is adjustable in size to accommodate various widths of windows, the window platform being provided with wall forming means which are also adjustable in size so as to permit an effective size of a base portion to be varied as desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved window platform having means for securing the same to a window, the means being clampingly engageable with an interior wall and an associated window sill to firmly position the window platform outside of a window.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the window platform which is the subject of this invention and shows the same mounted outside of a window of a building;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 2-2 of Figure 1 and shows the manner in which the effective width of the window platform is selectively varied, a wider width of the platform being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the window platform of Figure 1 as viewed from the interior of the building to which it is attached and shows the relationship of arms thereof with respect to the window and adjacent interior wall; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 44 of Figure 3 and shows the manner in which the window platform is adjustably clamped to a wall of a building.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that there is illustrated the Window platform which is the subject of this invention, the window platform being referred to in general by the reference numeral 10. The window platform includes a base which is referred to in general by the reference numeral 12.

The base 12 of the window platform 10 includes a pair of sections which are referred to in general by the

reference numerals

16 and 18. The section 16 includes a fiat plate 20 which has secured thereto at one side edge a frame member 22 which is in the form of a bar. Secured to the outer end edge of the plate 20 is an angle ice member 24 and to the inner end edge is an angle member 26.

The section 18 is substantially identical to the section 16 and includes a plate 28 which has secured to one side edge thereof an elongated bar 36. Secured to the outer end edge is an angle member 32 and to the inner end edge an angle member 34.

It will be noted that the

plates

20 and 28 overlie the horizontal flanges of their respective angle members. It will also be noted that the plate 20 is of a size whereby it overlies the plate 28 and the

angle members

24 and 26 connected thereto are disposed within the confines of the

angle members

32 and 34 secured to the plate 28.

It will be seen that the effective width of the base 12 may be varied by sliding the sections 16 and 15 relative to each other. Further, the base 12 may be retained in its adjusted width through the use of pins 40 which may be selectively positioned in aligned apertures 42 in vertical flanges of the frame members which are in faceto-face engagement.

Carried by the plate 20 and extending upwardly therefrom at the intersection of the bar 22 and the angle member 24 is a corner standard 4 -3. The plate 20 is also provided with a corner standard 46 which extends upwardly therefrom at the intersection of the bar 22 and the angle member 26.

A corner standard 48 extends upwardly from the plate 28 at the intersection of the angle member 34 and the bar 34 A fourth corner standard 56 extends upwardly from the plate 28 at the intersection of the bar 39 and the angle member 32.

Extending between and connected to the

various corner standards

44, 46, 48 and 50 is a wall forming member which is referred to in general by the reference numeral 52. The wall forming member 52 is in the form of an elongated section of screen 54 which has secured to one edge thereof a strip 56. Carried by the strip 56 in vertically spaced relation is a pair of eye bolts 53. The eye bolts 58 are selectively positioned over the corner standard 48 in the manner best illustrated in Figure 1.

It will be noted that the end portion of the screen 54 remote from the strip 56 is doubled around the corner standard 46. In order to retain the screen 5 in a taut state, the end thereof remote from the strip 56 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced hooks 60. The hooks 6ft are selectively engageable with the meshes of the screen 54 with which they are adjacent. it will be seen that by loosening the books 60, the base 12 may be made of any desired width and then the screen 64 drawn taut and the hooks 6t? repositioned so as to provide a vertical wall for the platform at all times, irrespective of the efiective width of the base 12.

Secured to the inner surfaces of the

angle members

26 and 24 are inwardly extending supports 62. The supports 62 are in the form of angle members and overlie a window sill construction 64 of a building 66 to which the window platform 13 is connected. Rigidly secured to the inner ends of the supports 62 are L-shaped arms 68. Each of the L-shaped arms 63 includes a vertical portion 70 and an upper horizontal portion 72. The vertical portion 70 is connected intermediate its ends to the inner end of its associated support 62. Further, it is intended to engage a trim portion 74 of the window sill 64 adjacent its intersection with its associated support 62.

Carried by the free end of the horizontal portion 72 of each arm 68 is a generally C-shaped arm 76. Each C-shaped arm 76 includes a vertical portion 78 which is connected intermediate its ends to the associated horizontal portion 72. The vertical portion 73 has formed integrally therewith at its upper end an outwardly directed portion 8% which is horizontally disposed. A second Patented Sept. 17, 1 951 of the window sill construction 64.

horizontally disposed portion 82 is disposed at the inner end of the vertical portion '1? and also extends outwardly. Carried by the ends of the

horizontal portions

30 and 82 are plates 84 and 8 5,'respe ctiyely. The

plates

84 and 86 have vertically spaced coplanar surfaces which are engageable with an inner surface of an interior wall 88 of the building 66.

In order that the vertical portion 70 of each arm 68 and the plates 4 and 8 15 may be retained in clamping engagement with associated portions of the building 65, there is carried by each of the supports 62 tapered pin 90. The tapered pin 90 is selectively positionable through a plurality of spaced apertures 92 in a horizontal flange of each support 62 and is engageable with an outer edge In order to prevent accidental loss of the pins90, each pin is connected to its associated support so by a chain 94.

When it is desire to utilize the window platform 10 for either washing windows or for painting purposes, the base 212?. is collapsed to size whereby it may be pushed through a window to which isintended to be secured. After it has been passed through the windowv to which it is to be secured, t e overlapping sections .16 18 are spread apart until the

plates

84 and 86 are in position to engage the inner surface of the interior wall 88 in the manner best illustrated in Figure 3. The overlapping sections 36 and 38 are then secured in their adjusted positions by the pins 40. Next, the pins 90 are properly positioned so as to permit the vertical portions 70 of the arms as and the plates 8d and 86 to clampingly engage the trim 84 the interior wall 88, respectively. The base 12 having been rigidly supported exteriorly of the window 96, the wall forming member 52 may then be ti htened through the use of the hooks 6G to its proper position, as best illustrated in Figure 1. This having been accomplished, the window platform 10 is ready for use. it will be understood that the window platform 10 is removed by reversal of the above mentioned steps.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A Window platform comprising slidably connected rectangular platform sections, means for varying the size of the platform, means for supporting said platform to extend outwardly of a window comprising a pair of horizontal supports on the platform sections for overlying a window sill, said supports having terminal arms of inverted L shape including vertical portions extending below the supports for engagement with an inner edge of a window sill and extending above said supports, said arms having horizontal portions thereon above the supports of a length to extend beyond the side trim of 'a window, said horizontal portions having upright termiwire mesh Wall member having ends attached to two of V the corner standards of the sections and slidably trained around the other standards of the sections and provided with vertically spaced hooks attached thereto and engageable in the mesh of the wall member to draw the wall member taut when the plat-form sections are slid to reduce the size of the platform.

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