Press fit storm window system
A system for mounting a secondary panel within a window frame of an existing window. The system includes a rigid panel, an elongated deformable bulb, and an elongated carrier. The bulb has a resilient portion, a base section, an extension extending from the base section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The crosspiece includes a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece. Each shoulder protrudes laterally beyond the extension. The elongated carrier has a receiving slot opposite a panel gap configured to receive an edge of the panel. The receiving slot has a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot. The receiving slot is configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece.
1. A system for mounting a secondary, rigid panel within a window frame of an existing window in a building, the system comprising:
a rigid panel having an edge;
an elongated, deformable bulb having:
a resilient portion,
a base section,
an extension extending from the base section and including an aperture through the extension,
an elongated support rod inserted through the aperture, and
a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension, the crosspiece including a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece, each shoulder protruding laterally beyond the extension extending from the base section; and
an elongated carrier configured to receive at least a portion of the edge of the panel within a panel gap of the carrier, the carrier having a receiving slot opposite the panel gap, the receiving slot having a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot, the receiving slot configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece.
2. The system of claim 1 , in which the aperture is generally rectangular and has two pairs of opposing parallel edges.
3. The system of claim 2 , in which the support rod contacts at least one of the pairs of opposing parallel edges.
4. The system of claim 1 , in which the bulb further includes further includes friction ribs on an outer portion of the resilient portion of the bulb, the friction ribs configured to increase friction between the bulb and the window frame.
5. The system of claim 1 , in which the bulb has an internal corner groove at a transition between the resilient portion and the base section of the bulb.
6. The system of claim 1 , in which the carrier further includes yieldable nubs within the panel gap, the nubs structured to support and retain the panel within the carrier.
7. The system of claim 1 , in which the carrier further includes stabilizers on opposing sides within the panel gap, the stabilizers configured to provide lateral stability to the panel within the carrier.
8. A system for mounting a secondary, rigid panel and flexible sheet within a window frame of an existing window in a building, the system comprising:
a flexible sheet having an edge;
an elongated, deformable bulb having:
a resilient portion,
a base section,
an extension extending from the base section, and
a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension, the crosspiece including a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece, each shoulder protruding laterally beyond the extension extending from the base section; and
an elongated carrier configured to receive at least a portion of an edge of the panel within a panel gap of the carrier, the carrier having:
a receiving slot opposite the panel gap, the receiving slot having a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot, the receiving slot configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece, and
a first protrusion and a second protrusion extending laterally away from a first side of the elongated carrier, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being configured to receive between them the edge of the flexible sheet and an elongated spline, the flexible sheet being pinched between the spline, the first protrusion, and the second protrusion.
9. The system of claim 8 , in which the extension extending from the base section includes an aperture through the extension.
10. The system of claim 9 , in which the system further comprises an elongated support rod inserted through the aperture.
11. The system of claim 8 , in which the bulb further includes further includes friction ribs on an outer portion of the resilient portion of the bulb, the friction ribs configured to increase friction between the bulb and the window frame.