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US 11,174,668 B1Granted
Insulated portal
AssigneeWWS Acquisition, LLC
InventorsRichard Mazur, Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi, Cameron Miles Wyatt, Jacob Blackburn, Kraig Hoekstra
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Abstract
A portal can include at least one rail and at least one stile, each end of each rail connected to an end of each stile such that the portal defines a frame, wherein at least one stile can include a first stile and a second stile; a thermal strut arranged between the first stile and the second stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material; and an insulative bar arranged between the first stile and the second stile, the insulative bar being of an insulating material.
Claims13
A portal comprising:
- two rails and two stiles, each end of each rail connected to an end of each stile such that the portal defines a frame, wherein one stile is a hinge-side stile and one stile is a handle-side stile, the hinge-side stile being opposed to the handle-side stile in arrangement of the frame, wherein the handle-side stile comprises a first stile and a second stile;
- a thermal strut arranged between and contacting the first stile and the second stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- an insulative bar arranged between and contacting the first stile and the second stile, the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- and
- a lock assembly coupled to the insulative bar,
- wherein the first stile and the second stile are coupled to the thermal strut and insulative bar such that the first stile does not contact the second stile,
- wherein the insulative bar defines a lock groove,
- wherein the lock groove further defines a front portion, a central portion, and an internal portion, and
- wherein the front portion is separated from the central portion by a pair of bosses, and wherein the central portion is separated from the internal portion by a pair of bosses.
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A portal assembly comprising:
- a jamb;
- a window assembly hingedly attached to the jamb, the window assembly comprising:
- a window frame, the window frame comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each rail connected to a hinge-side stile and each rail connected to a handle-side stile, wherein the handle-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- a thermally insulative window pane captured within the frame;
- a thermal strut arranged between and contacting a first stile and a second stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- an insulative bar arranged between and contacting the first stile and the second stile, the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- a lock assembly coupled to the insulative bar;
- and
- a handle operatively coupled to the lock assembly,
- wherein the insulative bar defines a lock groove, the lock groove sized to accept the lock assembly, and
- wherein the lock groove defines a front portion separated from a central portion by a pair of bosses and an internal portion separated from the central portion by a pair of bosses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.