US 10,053,859 B2Granted

Systems and methods for providing a window wall with flush slab edge covers

AssigneeReflection Window Company, LLC

InventorsKenneth R. Evensen, James Jonathan White

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Abstract

Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a window wall with flush slab edge covers. A window wall system can include a sill receptor configured to fixably attach to a top surface of a slab. The window wall system may include a head receptor configured to fixably attach to an underside surface of the slab. The window wall system can include a window wall panel including panel infill and a panel sill configured to detachably couple to the sill receptor. The window wall system may include a slab edge cover including cover infill. The slab edge cover can be configured to detachably couple to the window wall panel and the head receptor. In various embodiments, an exterior surface of the panel infill and an exterior surface of the cover infill are configured to flushly align when the slab edge cover is detachably coupled to the window wall panel.

Claims34

Dependent claims

A window wall system comprising:

a sill receptor configured to attach to a top surface of a slab;
a head receptor configured to attach to an underside surface of the slab;
a window wall panel comprising:
a panel sill configured to couple to the sill receptor, and
a panel head configured to couple to the head receptor;
at least one slab edge cover configured to couple to the sill receptor and the head receptor;
and
an attachment mechanism for attaching the head receptor to the underside surface of the slab,
wherein the panel head is secured at the head receptor by horizontal compression provided by a continuous component extending at least a width of the head receptor when the panel head is coupled to the head receptor and the attachment mechanism is attaching the head receptor to the underside surface of the slab, and
wherein an exterior surface of the window wall panel and an exterior surface of the at least one slab edge cover are configured to flushly align in a vertical plane when the window wall panel is coupled to the sill receptor and the at least one slab edge cover is coupled to the sill receptor and the head receptor.

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Facts

Application: 15/603,953Filed 24 May 2017 · continuation
Priority: 7 May 2013
Published: US 2017/0260744 A114 Sep 2017
Granted: 21 Aug 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

E04B 2/96
Curtain walls: comprising panels attached to the structure through mullions or transoms
E04B 2/885
Curtain walls: comprising a supporting structure for flush mounted glazing panels
E04B 2/90
Curtain walls: comprising panels directly attached to the structure
E04F 13/08
Composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor: composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining…

Family

Application13/889,116Parent of this division · filed 7 May 2013
Application14/590,745Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jan 2015
US 8,959,855 B2Parent of this division · filed 24 Feb 2015
Application14/699,782Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Apr 2015
US 9,611,643 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Apr 2017
US 2017/0260744 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Sep 2017
US 9,663,945 B2Parent of this continuation
Application14/590,745Parent of this division
US 2014/0331579 A1Published application
US 2015/0113891 A1Published application
US 2015/0240488 A1Published application
US 10,053,859 B2This patent

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