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US 12,359,435 B2Granted
Skylight frame with drain notches
AssigneeTech Industries, Inc.
InventorsArthur J. Valentz, John E. Nemazi
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Abstract
A skylight having a frame with a flanged lip about a skylight window unit periphery having water drainage notches formed therein help keep the windows clean. The notches in the frame flange radiates outward from a central light transmissive region of the window unit and have an inboard depth adjacent the window opening approximately equal to the flange thickness. Inclination of the skylight when installed allows water to freely drain from through the notches off the central light transmissive region of the window unit.
Claims17
A skylight comprising:
- a frame formed of reaction injected molded aliphatic polyurethane having an upper overlapping region, a lower overlapping region, and a peripheral edge, with a window opening formed therethrough;
- an insulated glass window unit having outward and inward faces sized larger than the window opening, the window unit having a central light transmissive region and an outer border region;
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- wherein the frame is reaction injected molded about the window unit with the upper overlapping region and the lower overlapping region bonded to the outward and inward faces of the outer border region which extends about the window opening;
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- wherein an outboard overlapping region of the frame is provided with at least one notch in the upper overlapping region extending outward from the window opening to allow water and debris to drain off the central light transmissive region of the window unit when the skylight in an inclined position.
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A skylight comprising:
- a frame formed of reaction injected molded aliphatic polyurethane having an upper overlapping region, a lower overlapping region, and a peripheral edge, with a window opening formed therethrough;
- a glass window having outward and inward faces sized larger than the window opening, the window having a central light transmissive region and an outer border region;
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- wherein the frame is reaction injected molded about the window with the upper overlapping region and the lower overlapping region bonded to the outward and inward faces of the outer border region which extends about the window opening;
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- wherein an outboard overlapping region of the frame is provided with plurality of spaced apart notches in the upper overlapping region extending outward from the window opening with a depth where they meet the central light transmissive region approximately equal to the thickness of the outboard overlapping region, to allow water and debris to drain off the central light transmissive region when the skylight is in an inclined position.
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A skylight comprising:
- a frame encircling a window opening, the frame having an upper overlapping region, a lower overlapping region, and an inner peripheral edge;
- an insulated glass window unit having outward and inward faces sized larger than the window opening, the window unit having a central light transmissive region and an outer border region with outward and inward faces;
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- wherein the outward and inward regions of the frame have the upper overlapping region and the lower overlapping region engaging outward and inward sides of the outer border regions which extends about the window opening;
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- wherein an outboard overlapping region of the frame are provided with at least one notch in the upper overlapping region extending outward from the window opening, with the depth of the at least one notch becoming shallower as it extends away from the central light transmissive region to allow water and debris to drain off the central light transmissive region of the window unit when the skylight in an inclined position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.