Support bracket for window installation and methods of use
AssigneePella Corporation
InventorJaron E. Vos
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for installing a closure assembly into a framed opening having sheathing arranged around the framed opening. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include use of at least one support bracket along the framed opening and the sheathing.
Claims16
A method of installing a closure assembly into a framed opening having sheathing arranged around the framed opening, the framed opening being formed of a first material and the sheathing being formed of a second material having a structural solidity less than a structural solidity of the first material, the method comprising:
- arranging at least one support bracket along a first surface of the framed opening and along a first surface of the sheathing, the at least one support bracket having a horizontal portion that is substantially planar and a vertical portion having a projection tapering away from the horizontal portion toward a distal end that embeds within the sheathing and at least two support portions projecting inwardly from a perimeter of the horizontal portion along a lower surface of the horizontal portion of the at least one support bracket with the two support portions being arranged at or adjacent opposing ends of the at least one vertical portion and each of the two support portions including a triangular shape and being arranged perpendicular to the projection tapering away from and extending inwardly relative to the perimeter of the horizontal portion;
- stabilizing the closure assembly on the support bracket;
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- positioning the closure assembly along the support bracket and into the framed opening.
A method of installing a closure assembly, the method comprising:
- attaching a sheathing around a perimeter of a framed opening in a structure, the framed opening being formed of a first material and the sheathing being formed of a second material having a structural solidity less than a structural solidity of the first material;
- arranging a first support bracket along a first surface of the framed opening and along a first surface of the sheathing, the first support bracket having a horizontal portion that is substantially planar a vertical portion having a projection tapering away from the horizontal portion toward a distal end that embeds within the sheathing and a first support portion and a second support portion arranged perpendicular to the projection configured to stabilize the support bracket on the sheathing along a lower surface of the horizontal portion of the first support bracket, the first support portion and the second support portion being spaced apart and with each of the first support portion and the second support portion including a triangular shape tapering away from and extending inwardly relative to a perimeter of the horizontal portion and being arranged at or adjacent opposing ends of the vertical portion;
- positioning the closure assembly on the first support bracket;
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- positioning the closure assembly along the first support bracket and into the framed opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.