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US 12,366,105 B2Granted
Insulated portal
AssigneePGT Innovations, Inc.
InventorsRichard Mazur, Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi, Cameron Miles Wyatt, Jacob Blackburn, Kraig Hoekstra
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Abstract
A method of assembling a portal can include obtaining a stile, wherein the stile can include a first stile and a second stile; arranging a thermal strut and insulative bar between the first stile and the second stile, wherein the insulative bar can define a lock groove; arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, wherein the lock assembly can include a fastening plate rotatably coupled to the lock assembly; and coupling the lock assembly to the stile by rotating the fastening plate and, thereafter, engaging fasteners to provide friction between the fastening plate and the insulative bar.
Claims19
A method of assembling a portal, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermally insulative window pane;
- capturing the thermally insulative window pane within 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 lock-side stile, wherein the lock-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- arranging a thermal strut between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- arranging an insulative bar between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar includes a pair of bosses at least partially defining a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, the lock assembly includes a facing plate configured to contact the pair of bosses, and the lock groove is sized to accept the lock assembly;
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- coupling the lock assembly to the insulative bar.
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A portal comprising:
- a window frame comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each rail connected to a hinge-side stile and each rail connected to a lock-side stile, wherein the lock-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- a thermally insulative window pane captured within the window frame;
- a thermal strut disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- an insulative bar disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar includes a pair of bosses at least partially defining a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
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- a lock assembly coupled to the insulative bar and disposed within the lock groove, the lock groove is sized to accept the lock assembly, and the lock assembly includes a facing plate configured to contact the pair of bosses.
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A method of assembling a portal, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermally insulative window pane;
- capturing the thermally insulative window pane within 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 lock-side stile, wherein the lock-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- arranging a thermal strut between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- arranging an insulative bar between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile including contacting the first outer stile with a first plurality of arms of the insulative bar and contacting the second outer stile with a second plurality of arms of the insulative bar includes a pair of bosses at least partially, the insulative bar defining a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, the lock groove is sized to accept the lock assembly;
- and
- coupling the lock assembly to the insulative bar.
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A method of assembling a portal, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermally insulative window pane;
- capturing the thermally insulative window pane within 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 lock-side stile, wherein the lock-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- arranging a thermal strut between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- arranging an insulative bar between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar defining a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, the lock groove is sized to accept the lock assembly, the lock groove defining a front portion, a central portion, and an internal portion, wherein the step of arranging the lock assembly within the lock groove comprises fastening the lock assembly to the lock groove by arranging a fastening plate in contact with the internal portion of the lock groove;
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- coupling the lock assembly to the insulative bar.
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A portal comprising:
- a window frame comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each rail connected to a hinge-side stile and each rail connected to a lock-side stile, wherein the lock-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- a thermally insulative window pane captured within the window frame;
- a thermal strut disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- an insulative bar disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar includes a pair of bosses at least partially defining a lock groove, a first plurality of arms contacting the first outer stile, and a second plurality of arms contacting the second outer stile, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
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- a lock assembly coupled to the insulative bar and disposed within the lock groove, the lock groove is sized to accept the lock assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.