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1. A window air conditioner installation system (10) for receiving and supporting a window air conditioner and for adjusting a supporting surface as a function of the size of the air conditioner, all without modifying the environment of the installation, the receiving and supporting being done in a safe, convenient and economical manner, the system consisting of:
an air conditioner unit (14) positionable in a building window opening, the window opening having a horizontal sill (16) and laterally spaced vertical casing (18); a plate assembly including an upper plate (22) and a lower plate (24), each plate having upper and lower surfaces, the upper plate having an outer edge (25) and an inner edge (26) and a left edge (28) and a right edge (30), the lower plate having an outer edge (32) and an inner edge (34) and a left edge (36) and a right edge (38), the right edge of the upper plate being upturned with a row of axially aligned right holes (40) with horizontal axes, the left edge of the lower plate being upturned with a row of axially aligned left holes (42) with horizontal axes, the inner and outer edges of the upper plate being down turned in a J-shaped configuration receiving the inner and outer edges of the lower plate to facilitate the lateral shifting of the plates with respect to each other, left and right notches (44), (46) to facilitate the passage of accordion panels laterally spaced from an air conditioner unit, upturned left and right edges of the upper and lower plates, the distance between the front and rear edges of the lower plate being less than the distance between the front and rear edges of the upper plate whereby the entire upper surface of the upper plate and the upper surface of the lower plate are exposed for receiving the window conditioner; an upper abutment bar (50) in an L-shaped configuration secured to the upper surface of the upper plate parallel with and adjacent to the outer edges, the abutment bar adapted to abate outward shifting of a supported air conditioner; left and right outer supports (54), (56) having upper ends slidably received on the upturned left and right edges of the upper and lower plates, aligned horizontal pins (58) extending from the upper ends into selected right and left holes in the upturned left and right edges, the outer supports extending downwardly and inwardly with lower ends (60) positionable against a region beneath the sill of the window opening; laterally spaced leveling bolts (64) threadedly received in the lower surface of the lower plate adjacent to the inner edge, the bolts located in contact with the sill and adapted to adjust the elevation of the plates and the air conditioner positioned thereon; and a support bar (68) formed of a central section (70) attached to the lower surface of the lower plate adjacent to the inner edge, telescoping sections (72) slidably received in the central section to vary the length of the support bar as a function of the width of a window opening, forwardly extending clamps (74) adapted to removably couple to a vertical extent of the casing of the window opening supporting the air conditioner unit for securement of the plates with respect to the window opening. |
