Press fit storm window system
A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame. The system includes an elongated fin portion and an elongated carrier. The fin portion has a ridge section, an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The ridge section tapers from its base end to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section. 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. 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 panel within an existing window frame, the system comprising:
an elongated fin portion having:
a ridge section tapering from a base end of the ridge section to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section, the base end being opposite the tip of the ridge section,
an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section;
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 end of the ridge section; and
an elongated carrier having a panel gap and 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 and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece; and
a support rod extending within the receiving slot of the carrier.
2. The system of claim 1 , in which the support rod has a rectangular cross-sectional profile.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a cavity through the ridge section of the fin portion.
4. The system of claim 1 , in which the ridge section comprises a synthetic polymer.
5. The system of claim 1 , in which the ridge section comprises EPDM.
6. The system of claim 1 , in which the tip of the ridge section is blunted.
7. The system of claim 1 , in which the tip of the ridge section comprises a dimpled surface.
8. The system of claim 1 , in which the fin portion is symmetric about a centerline of the fin portion.
9. A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame, the system comprising:
an elongated fin portion having:
a ridge section tapering from a base end of the ridge section to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section, the base end being opposite the tip of the ridge section,
an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section;
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 end of the ridge section; and
an elongated carrier having a panel gap and 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 and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece,
in which the tip of the ridge section is blunted.
10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a support rod extending within the receiving slot of the carrier, the support rod having a rectangular cross-sectional profile.
11. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a cavity through the ridge section of the fin portion.
12. The system of claim 9 , in which the fin portion is symmetric about a centerline of the fin portion.
13. A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame, the system comprising:
an elongated fin portion having:
a ridge section tapering from a base end of the ridge section to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section, the base end being opposite the tip of the ridge section,
an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section;
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 end of the ridge section; and
an elongated carrier having a panel gap and 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 and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece,
in which the tip of the ridge section comprises a dimpled surface.
14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a support rod extending within the receiving slot of the carrier, the support rod having a rectangular cross-sectional profile.
15. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a cavity through the ridge section of the fin portion.
16. The system of claim 13 , in which the fin portion is symmetric about a centerline of the fin portion.
17. A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame, the system comprising:
an elongated fin portion having:
a ridge section tapering from a base end of the ridge section to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section, the base end being opposite the tip of the ridge section,
an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section;
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 end of the ridge section; and
an elongated carrier having a panel gap and 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 and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece,
in which the fin portion is symmetric about a centerline of the fin portion.
18. The system of claim 17 , in which the carrier is symmetric about the centerline of the fin portion.
19. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a support rod extending within the receiving slot of the carrier, the support rod having a rectangular cross-sectional profile.
20. The system of claim 17 , further comprising a cavity through the ridge section of the fin portion.