extends from one side of the window 11 to the other side to form a space between the window 11 and the window well 13 to allow light to come in through the window 11 and to allow egress in case of an emergency such as a fire in the room in which the window 11 is located a window well cover 15 has a frame 16 of a cross section shown in fig2 a clear plastic polycarbonate member 17 is placed in the opening 16 a between flanges 16 b and 16 c as shown in fig2 4 and 12 braces 18 are placed under the layer of polycarbonate 17 the cross sectional shapes of those members 18 are shown in fig3 a flange 19 is attached to the ends of the frame 16 and to one end of each of the brace members 18 in most prior art devices this flange 19 is attached with a hinge to the building but no hinges are necessary in the present invention referring to fig4 it can be seen that the two layer of poly bicarbonate 17 with an upper layer 17 t and a bottom layer 17 b fits between the flanges 16 b and 16 c of frame member 16 a bracket 20 can be seen in fig4 13 and 16 the bracket 20 is attached by a blind rivet 21 through hole 20 a in flange 16 c of the frame 16 still referring to fig4 13 and 16 it is noted that a threaded fastener 22 extends through an opening 23 h of clip 23 and through an opening 20 b in bracket 20 a nut 24 is received into the enlarged recess opening 20 r best shown in fig1 so that when.