Connecting adaptor for attaching edges of transparent plastic panels over window and door openings
Systems, devices, apparatus, kits and methods of attaching rigid plastic panels over door and window openings of vacant and/or damaged buildings and houses, with connecting block adapters attached to the lower corners of the panels by fasteners, and a security bar slid into holes on the adapters with ends that abut against portions of the adjacent frames and casings about the openings. The fasteners through can fasten the adapters to the outside of the plastic panels which cover the outer opening.
1. A securing system for covering openings to buildings and housings, comprising:
a rigid plastic panel sized to cover at least one exterior opening through a frame casing to a structure;
at least one pair of securing block adapters, each being sized to overlap both left and right corners of the rigid plastic panel and portions of the frame casing;
fasteners for attaching the rigid plastic panel to portions of the block adapters; and
a securing bar attached to other portions of the block adapters, so that the rigid plastic panel is on an exterior side of the structure opening and the block adapters with securing bar are on an interior side of the structure opening.
2. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the plastic panel is selected from at least one of:
a solid acrylic material, a solid transparent resinous material, or a transparent polycarbonate material.
3. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein each of the block adapters include:
a first opening for a fastener; and
a second opening perpendicular to the fastener opening for allowing a portion of the securing bar to be inserted therein.
4. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the block adapters include materials selected from wood, stainless steel, galvanized metal and aluminum.
5. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the block adapters are formed from rigid plastic material identical to the rigid plastic panel.
6. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the structure opening includes:
a window having glass attached to the frame casing.
7. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the fasteners include:
bolts and nuts.
8. The securing system of claim 1 , wherein the fasteners include:
screws and nuts.
9. A method of securing openings on structures, comprising the steps of:
sizing a rigid plastic panel to fit over an opening to a structure;
providing at least a pair of securing block adapters;
providing at least one securing bar;
positioning the sized rigid plastic panel over an exterior of the structure opening;
positioning one of the securing block adapters to overlap over a lower left corner portion of an interior to the structure opening and over a portion of a lower left corner of a frame casing about the structure opening;
positioning another one of the block adapters to overlap over a lower right corner portion of an interior to the structure opening and over a portion of a lower right corner of a frame casing about the structure opening;
attaching the block adapters to the sized rigid plastic panel with fasteners;
sliding the securing bar through openings in the block adapters so that ends of the block adapters abut against portions of the frame casing on both sides of the structure opening, wherein the structure opening is securely covered and protected by the sized rigid plastic panel.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the sized rigid plastic panel is selected from at least one of:
a solid transparent acrylic material, a solid transparent resinous material, or a transparent polycarbonate material.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the block adapters includes:
a first through-hole for a fastener; and
a second through-hole perpendicular to the first through-hole for the securing bar.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the block adapters include materials selected from wood, stainless steel, galvanized metal and aluminum.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the block adapters are formed from rigid plastic material identical to the sized rigid plastic panel.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the structure opening includes:
a window having glass in the frame casing.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the fasteners include:
bolts and nuts.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the fasteners include:
screws and nuts.
17. A protection kit for covering openings to buildings and housings, comprising:
a rigid plastic panel sized to cover at least one exterior opening through a frame casing to a structure;
at least one pair of securing block adapters, each being sized to overlap both left and right corners of the rigid plastic panel and portions of the frame casing;
fasteners for attaching the rigid plastic panel to portions of the block adapters; and
a securing bar attached to other portions of the block adapters, so that the rigid plastic panel is on an exterior side of the structure opening and the block adapter with securing bar are on an interior side of the structure opening.
18. The kit of claim 17 , wherein each of the block adapters each include:
a first opening for a fastener; and
a second opening perpendicular to the fastener opening for allowing a portion of the securing bar to be inserted therein.