Apparatus and method for mulled window installation
AssigneeWincore Window Company, LLC
InventorTroy L. Osborne
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for mulled window installation are described. An example window apparatus includes a mullion tube, a first window unit attached to a first side of the mullion tube, a second window unit attached to a second side of the mullion tube, a first mull clip disposed inside a first hollow end of the mullion tube, and a second mull clip disposed inside a second hollow end of the mullion tube. The first mull clip defines a first hole configured to receive a first screw through a first cutout in the mullion tube, and the second mull clip defines a second hole configured to receive a second screw through a second cutout in the mullion tube.
Claims19
A window apparatus comprising:
- a mullion tube;
- a first window unit attached to a first side of the mullion tube;
- a second window unit attached to a second side of the mullion tube, the first side opposite the second side;
- a first mull clip disposed at least partially inside a first hollow end of the mullion tube, the first mull clip defining a first hole configured to receive a first screw through a first cutout in the mullion tube;
- and
- a second mull clip disposed at least partially inside a second hollow end of the mullion tube, the second mull clip defining a second hole configured to receive a second screw through a second cutout in the mullion tube,
- wherein each of the first cutout and the second cutout is located on either a front side or a back side of the mullion tube,
- wherein the first hole is configured to guide the first screw into a first structural member defining a window opening,
- wherein the second hole is configured to guide the second screw into a second structural member defining the window opening, and
- wherein at least one of the first structural member or the second structural member comprises a sill plate or a header.
A method of installing a window, the method comprising:
- obtaining a mulled window apparatus comprising:
- a mullion tube;
- a first window unit attached to a first side of the mullion tube;
- and
- a second window unit attached to a second side of the mullion tube, the first side opposite the second side;
- positioning the mulled window apparatus in a window opening defined by a first structural member and a second structural member;
- using a first screw to secure a first mull clip to the first structural member, the first mull clip disposed at least partially in a first hollow end of the mullion tube, the first mull clip defining a first hole configured to (i) receive the first screw through a first cutout in the mullion tube and (ii) guide the first screw into the first structural member;
- and
- using a second screw to secure a second mull clip to the second structural member, the second mull clip disposed at least partially in a second hollow end of the mullion tube, the second mull clip defining a second hole configured to (i) receive the second screw through a second cutout in the mullion tube and (ii) guide the second screw into the second structural member,
- wherein each of the first cutout and the second cutout is located on either a front side or a back side of the mullion tube, and
- wherein at least one of the first structural member or the second structural member comprises a sill plate or a header.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.