Window assembly for mitigating fluid ingress

A kit for a window assembly, comprising:

• a first frame member that includes:
• an exterior wall, defining:
• a seal-receiving channel first counterpart that includes a first seal retainer;
• and
• an outermost surface;
• an interior wall that is disposed on an opposite side of the first frame member relative to the exterior wall;
• and
• a glass stop-receiving channel, defined by the interior wall, that is configured to receive a glass stop;
• a second frame member that includes:
• an exterior wall, defining:
• a seal-receiving channel second counterpart that includes a second seal retainer;
• and
• an outermost surface;
• an interior wall that is disposed on an opposite side of the second frame member relative to the exterior wall;
• and
• a glass stop-receiving channel, defined by the interior wall, that is configured to receive a glass stop;
• wherein:
• the first seal retainer of the first frame member is configured for interacting with a seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the first frame member, and the second seal retainer of the second frame member is configured for interacting with the seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the second frame member, such that the seal is retainable to either one of:
• (a) the first frame member via the first seal retainer, and (b) the second frame member via the second seal retainer;
• the first and second frame members are co-operatively configured such that, while the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed opposite to the exterior wall of the second frame member for assembling the window assembly:
• the seal-receiving channel first counterpart is disposed opposite to the seal-receiving channel second counterpart, and co-operate to define a seal receiving channel;
• the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed in contact engagement with the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member, and co-operate such that relative rotation, between the first frame member and the second frame member, about an axis of rotation that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first frame member, is opposed by the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member;
• and
• the seal-receiving channel is configured for disposition of the seal disposed therein.

A window assembly, comprising:

• a first frame member that includes:
• an exterior wall, defining:
• a seal-receiving channel first counterpart that includes a first seal retainer;
• and
• an outermost surface:
• an interior wall that is disposed on an opposite side of the first frame member relative to the exterior wall;
• and
• a pane-receiving space, defined by the interior wall, that is configured to receive a glass pane;
• a second frame member that includes:
• an exterior wall, defining:
• a seal-receiving channel second counterpart that includes a second seal retainer;
• and
• an outermost surface;
• an interior wall that is disposed on an opposite side of the second frame member relative to the exterior wall;
• and
• a pane-receiving space, defined by the interior wall, that is configured to receive a glass pane;
• wherein:
• the first seal retainer of the first frame member is configured for interacting with a seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the first frame member, and the second seal retainer of the second frame member is configured for interacting with the seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the second frame member, such that the seal is retainable to either one of:
• (a) the first frame member via the first seal retainer, and (b) the second frame member via the second seal retainer;
• the first and second frame members are co-operatively configured such that, while the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed opposite to the exterior wall of the second frame member for assembling the window assembly:
• the seal-receiving channel first counterpart is disposed opposite to the seal-receiving channel second counterpart, and co-operate to define a seal receiving channel;
• the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed in contact engagement with the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member, and co-operate such that relative rotation, between the first frame member and the second frame member, about an axis of rotation that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first frame member, is opposed by the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member;
• and
• while:
• (i) the seal is retained to the either one of:
• (a) the first frame member via the first seal retainer, and (b) the second frame member via the second seal retainer, and (ii) the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed opposite to the exterior wall of the second frame member, such that the seal receiving channel is defined and the relative rotation, between the first frame member and the second frame member, about the axis of rotation, is opposed, by the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member, the seal is disposed in the seal receiving channel.

A window assembly, comprising:

• a first frame member, including an exterior wall that defines a seal-receiving channel first counterpart that includes a first seal retainer and further defines an outermost surface, and a second frame member, including an exterior wall that defines a seal-receiving channel second counterpart that includes a second seal retainer and further defines an outermost surface;
• the seal-receiving channel first counterpart of the first frame member is configured to be disposed in opposition to the seal-receiving channel second counterpart of the second frame member, with effect that:
• a seal-receiving channel is defined, the seal-receiving channel configured for disposition of a seal therein;
• and
• the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member is configured to be disposed in contact engagement with the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member, with effect that:
• the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member co-operate such that relative rotation, between the first frame member and the second frame member, about an axis of rotation that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first frame member, is opposed by the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member;
• wherein:
• the first seal retainer of the first frame member is configured for interacting with the seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the first frame member, and the second seal retainer of the second frame member is configured for interacting with the seal to effectuate retention of the seal to the second frame member, such that the seal is retainable to either one of:
• (a) the first frame member via the first seal retainer, and (b) the second frame member via the second seal retainer;
• and
• while:
• (i) the seal is retained to the either one of:
• (a) the first frame member via the first seal retainer, and (b) the second frame member via the second seal retainer, and (ii) the one of the first frame member and the second frame member is disposed, relative to the other one of the first frame member and the second frame member, for assembling the window assembly, such that the seal-receiving channel first counterpart of the first frame member is disposed in opposition to the seal-receiving channel second counterpart of the second frame member such that the seal-receiving channel is defined, and the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the first frame member is disposed in contact engagement with the outermost surface of the exterior wall of the second frame member, such that the relative rotation, between the first frame member and the second frame member, about the axis of rotation, is opposed by the exterior wall of the first frame member and the exterior wall of the second frame member, the seal is disposed in the seal receiving channel.