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US 12,416,189 B1Granted
Fenestration system with head slide
AssigneePella Corporation
InventorPaul D. Schroder
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Abstract
A sliding and pivoting fenestration unit, such as a sliding door, with screen. Embodiments of the fenestration unit include a locking and height-adjustable pivot rider, a head slide, a screen carrier, and a method of operation.
Claims22
A fenestration unit, comprising:
- a frame including a sill, a head opposite the sill, a first jamb and a second jamb opposite the first jamb;
- a first panel supported by the frame;
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- a slide assembly coupling the first panel to the frame and to facilitate slide mode operation and pivot mode operation of the first panel, wherein during the slide mode operation the first panel can slide within the frame between the first and second jambs when the first panel is in a slide position generally parallel to the frame plane, and during the pivot mode operation the first panel can pivot outwardly beyond the frame plane, and wherein the slide assembly is configured to slide the first panel between a slide closed position, a slide open position, and a pivot ready position beyond the slide open position from the slide closed position, the slide assembly including:
- a slide body configured for sliding motion between the first and second jambs during the slide mode operation;
- a pivot rotatably coupling a second end portion of the first panel to a second end portion of the slide body;
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- a latch releasably coupling the first end portion of the first panel to a first end portion of the slide body, and operable between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein when the latch is in the latched position the latch couples the first panel to the slide body to facilitate the slide mode operation of the first panel, and wherein when the latch is in the unlatched position the latch releases the first panel from the slide body to facilitate the pivot mode operation of the first panel, and wherein the latch includes a stop that inhibits actuation of the latch to the unlatched position unless the first panel is at the pivot ready position;
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- a latch actuator coupled to the latch and operable by a user to cause the latch to move between the latched position and the unlatched position.
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A fenestration unit, comprising:
- a frame defining a frame plane and including a sill, a head opposite the sill, a first jamb and a second jamb opposite the first jamb;
- a first panel supported by the frame;
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- a locking pivot rider assembly coupling one of a top or bottom portion of the first panel to the frame and to facilitate slide mode operation and pivot mode operation of the first panel, wherein during the slide mode operation the first panel is in a slide position generally parallel to the frame plane and can slide within the frame between the first and second jambs, and during the pivot mode operation the first panel can pivot outwardly to a pivot open position beyond the frame plane, the locking pivot rider assembly including:
- a rider coupling the first panel to the frame for the slide mode operation;
- a pivot rotatably coupling the first panel to the rider for the pivot mode operation;
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- a lock coupled to the rider and the pivot, to releasably lock the rider with respect to the frame, wherein rotation of the pivot during the pivot mode operation of the first panel from the slide position to the pivot open position actuates the lock and causes the lock to inhibit sliding movement of the rider on the frame, and wherein rotation of the pivot during the pivot mode operation of the first panel from the pivot open position to the slide position releases the lock to allow sliding movement of the rider on the frame;
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- a slide assembly coupling the other of the top or bottom of the first panel to the frame and to facilitate the slide mode operation and the pivot mode operation of the first panel, the slide assembly including:
- a slide body configured for sliding motion between the first and second jambs during the slide mode operation;
- a pivot rotatably coupling a second end portion of the first panel to a second end portion of the slide body;
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- a latch releasably coupling a first end portion of the first panel to a first end portion of the slide body, and operable between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein when the latch is in the latched position the latch couples the first panel to the slide body to facilitate the slide mode operation of the first panel, and wherein when the latch is in the unlatched position the latch releases the first panel from the slide body to facilitate the pivot mode operation of the first panel;
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- a latch actuator coupled to the latch and operable by a user to cause the latch to move between the latched position and the unlatched position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.