US 12,661,768 B1 · Devices and methods for attaching cladding to windows and doors

Abstract

A method for attaching cladding to a frame of a door or window using a pneumatic device and a customized tip attached to the pneumatic device. The method includes the steps of placing cladding against the frame, placing or pressing two prongs of the customized tip in a channel of the cladding, and actuating a scrail through an opening of the customized tip. The customized tip may further include shoulders pressed against opposite top edges of the channel when the two prongs are placed into the channel. Actuating of the scrail through the opening of the customized tip may include actuating or shooting the scrail outward between the two prongs, through the cladding, and at least partially into the frame via the pneumatic device while the shoulders are pressed against the opposite top edges of the channel and the two prongs are paced into the channel.

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Dependent claims

A method for attaching cladding to a surface using a pneumatic device, the method comprising:

placing the cladding against the surface for attachment thereto;
placing at least a portion of a customized tip into a channel of the cladding at a first location along a length of the channel, thereby pressing the cladding against the surface at the first location, wherein the customized tip is a hollow no mar tip attached to the pneumatic device and modified such that a first portion of the customized tip has a reduced length corresponding to a depth of the channel and a reduced width less than a width of the channel;
and
actuating a scrail through an opening of the customized tip, through the cladding, and at least partially into the surface via the pneumatic device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Devices and methods for attaching cladding to windows and doors

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Devices and methods for attaching cladding to windows and doors

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Abstract

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