Window, recreational vehicle with the window and methods for manufacturing and operating the window
AssigneeDometic Sweden AB
InventorsSamuele Meda, Rickard Hederstierna
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Abstract
A window, for a recreational vehicle, comprises a frame, a pane, which is attached to the frame so that it can pivot relative to the frame about a pivot axis between a closed position and an opened position, an actuating device mounted on the frame or on the pane, and at least one locking element configured to be movable between a released state and a locked state. The frame has at least one cavity, receiving at least one actuating device and/or locking element at least partially, when the actuating device is in the second state and/or when the locking element is in the locked state, respectively.
Claims21
A window for a recreational vehicle, comprising:
- a frame,
- a pane, which is attached to the frame so that said pane can pivot relative to the frame about a pivot axis between a closed position and an opened position, wherein the pane is larger than an opening defined by said frame such that from an outside view, pane covers said frame,
- at least one actuating device mounted on the pane and being movable between a first state and a second state,
- at least two locking elements configured to be movable between a released state and a locked state, one of said at least two locking elements disposed along a horizontal portion of said frame and a second of said at least two locking elements disposed along a vertical portion of said frame,
- wherein in the released state the at least two locking elements permit a pivotal movement of the pane between the closed position and the opened position, and wherein in the locked state the at least two locking elements prevent the pivotal movement of the pane between the closed position and the opened position,
- wherein the frame has at least one cavity corresponding to each of said at least one actuating device and said at least two locking elements, each said at least one cavity at least partially receiving each of the at least one actuating device and the locking element when the at least one actuating device is in the second state and the locking element is in the locked state so that each of said at least one actuating device and said at least two locking elements are hidden within each said at least one cavity,
- at least one extendable adjuster comprising two lateral ends, one of the two lateral ends of the at least one extendable adjuster coupled to the frame and the other of the two lateral ends of the at least one extendable adjuster coupled to the pane, such that the at least one extendable adjuster supports the pane with respect to the frame when the pane is in the opened position,
- wherein the frame has at least one further cavity, receiving the at least one extendable adjuster at least partially when the pane is in the closed position with respect to the frame;
- wherein the at least one cavity is configured to receive and hide the at least one actuating device, the locking element when the at least one actuating device is in the second state and the locking element is in the locked state, and said at least one further cavity is configured to receive and hide the at least one extendable adjusters when the pane is in the closed position, from in a frontal view of the window;
- wall support devices which are connected to the frame and engage a wall, said wall support devices having a first position to retain the frame relative to the wall and a second position to release the frame relative to the wall.
A method for manufacturing a window, comprising the steps of:
- providing said window comprising a frame, a pane attached to the frame pivotally to move about a pivot axis between a closed position and an opened position with respect to the frame, an actuating device mounted on the pane, and at least two locking elements,
- positioning the frame in a wall and moving wall support devices to a position to support the frame in the wall;
- coupling the at least two locking elements to the frame such that said pane is movable between a released state, in which the at least two locking elements permit a pivotal movement of the pane between the closed position and the opened position, and a locked state, in which the at least two locking elements prevent the pivotal movement of the pane between the closed position and the opened position,
- providing at least one cavity, at least partially receiving each of at least one actuating device and the at least two locking elements when the actuating device is in a second state and the at least two locking elements are in the locked state, in the frame, wherein each of said actuating device and said at least two locking elements are received by and hidden within the corresponding cavities when in said second state and said locked state,
- providing at least one extendable adjuster comprising two lateral ends;
- coupling of the two lateral ends of the at least one extendable adjuster to the frame and the other of said two lateral ends of the at least one extendable adjuster to the pane, such that the at least one extendable adjuster supports the pane with respect to the frame when the pane is in the opened position, and
- providing at least one further cavity, receiving in the frame the at least one extendable adjuster at least partially when the pane is in the closed position with respect to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.