Screen channel inserts for fenestration units
AssigneePella Corporation
InventorsAdam Austin, Travis Eisenbarth
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Abstract
A screen channel insert for use in connection with a fenestration unit frame including a spline channel. The screen channel insert includes a frame attachment portion for attaching the screen channel insert to the spline channel of the fenestration unit frame, and a channel portion defining an insert spline channel. The insert spline channel is configured to receive a spline to secure a screen to the screen channel insert. The insert spline channel can have different sizes than the spline channel of the frame, enabling the frame to be used with screens having different thicknesses.
Claims18
A panel channel insert for a fenestration unit including a frame defining an interior portion configured to receive a panel, comprising:
- a frame attachment portion configured to attach the panel channel insert to a spline channel of the frame, wherein the spline channel of the frame comprises an opening in a top surface of the frame and is spaced from the interior portion, and wherein the spline channel extends in a first direction;
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- a channel portion adjacent to and extending from the frame attachment portion, the channel portion defining an insert spline channel located in the interior portion of the frame and along a side edge of the frame when the frame attachment portion attaches the panel channel insert to the spline channel of the frame, wherein the insert spline channel has an open side configured to receive a spline to secure the panel to the panel channel insert, wherein the insert spline channel extends in the first direction and is spaced from the spline channel of the frame when the frame attachment portion attaches the panel channel insert to the spline channel of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.