Projecting fenestration assembly and methods for same
AssigneeMarvin Lumber and Cedar Company
InventorsEric Lee Salentine, Justin Wayne Magnusen, Michael T. Nelsen
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Abstract
A projecting fenestration assembly includes a window shell having a plurality of component translucent panels. The window shell includes a shell frame having shell edges and a shell base. The plurality of component translucent panels are seated within the shell frame and surround a light cavity. A carriage frame is coupled with the window shell and supports the window shell. The carriage frame includes one or more carriage struts and a carriage tray extending from the one or more carriage struts to a tray end. The one or more carriage struts are coupled along the shell edges of the window shell. The carriage tray is coupled along the shell base.
Claims35
A projecting fenestration assembly comprising:
- a window shell having a plurality of component translucent panels, the window shell includes:
- a shell frame having shell edges and a shell base, the shell frame surrounds a light cavity;
- the plurality of component translucent panels is seated within the shell frame and surround the light cavity;
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- a shell profile including the shell frame and the plurality of component translucent panels, and
- a carriage frame coupled with the window shell and configured to support the window shell, the carriage frame includes:
- one or more carriage struts extending along the shell edges, the one or more carriage struts coupled with the shell edges of the window shell;
- a carriage tray extending from the one or more carriage struts to a tray end, the carriage tray coupled with the shell base;
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- a carriage profile including the one or more carriage struts and the carriage tray, the carriage profile is coextensive with the shell profile.
A projecting fenestration assembly comprising:
- a window shell having a shell base and shell edges, the window shell includes a plurality of component translucent panels surrounding a light cavity;
- a carriage frame coupled with the window shell and configured to support the window shell, the carriage frame includes:
- one or more carriage struts coupled along the shell edges of the window shell;
- and
- a carriage tray extending from the one or more carriage struts to a tray end, the carriage tray coupled along the shell base;
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- wherein the window shell includes a shell profile and the carriage frame includes a carriage profile, and the carriage profile is coextensive with the shell profile.
A method of installing a projecting fenestration assembly comprising:
- coupling the projecting fenestration assembly to an opening frame, the coupling includes:
- positioning the projecting fenestration assembly proximate to the rough opening frame, the projecting fenestration assembly includes a carriage frame having a carriage profile and a window shell having a shell profile coupled with the carriage frame, and the carriage profile is coextensive with the shell profile;
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- coupling the projecting fenestration assembly with the opening frame, the projecting fenestration assembly having an assembly profile corresponding to an opening profile of the opening frame;
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- transferring a fenestration assembly load to the opening frame, and transferring the fenestration assembly load includes:
- anchoring one or more carriage struts of the carriage frame with the opening frame, the one or more carriage struts extend along shell edges of the window shell from a carriage tray;
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- distributing a load of the window shell and the carriage frame through the carriage tray to the one or more carriage struts and the opening frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.