Shimming concepts for fenestration units
AssigneePella Corporation
InventorsTed L. Hansen, Todd A. Bernhagen
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Abstract
A shimming assembly comprising a base that defines a raised contact surface and a pivot pin defining a rotation axis of the shimming assembly, the base including a base inclined surface, and a slider that is slidably coupled to the base such that the slider is slidable along the base inclined surface in response to a user-applied sliding force, the slider being coupled to the base such that the slider is rotatable about the rotation axis defined by the pivot pin in response to a user-applied torque to transition the shimming assembly from an active configuration to a stowed configuration.
Claims20
A shimming assembly positionable between a first surface and a second surface, the shimming assembly comprising:
- a base that defines a raised contact surface and a pivot pin defining a rotation axis of the shimming assembly, the base including a base inclined surface;
- and
- a slider that is slidably coupled to the base such that the slider is slidable along the base inclined surface in response to a user-applied sliding force, the slider being coupled to the base such that the slider is rotatable about the rotation axis defined by the pivot pin in response to a torque to transition the shimming assembly from an active configuration to a stowed configuration,
- wherein a longitudinal axis of the shimming assembly extends in a direction along the first and second surfaces in the stowed configuration and the longitudinal axis extends in a direction away from the first and second surfaces in the active configuration.
A fenestration unit comprising:
- a frame assembly including a frame member;
- and
- a shimming assembly rotatably coupled to the frame member such that the shimming assembly is rotatable between an active configuration in which the shimming assembly extends away from the frame member and a stowed configuration, in which the shimming assembly extends along the frame member, the shimming assembly including,
- a base including a pivot pin coupled to the frame member,
- a slider that is slidably coupled to the base such that sliding the slider relative to the base increases an overall thickness of the shimming assembly, and
- a handle portion associated with the slider, the handle portion operable to receive a sliding force on the slider to increase the overall thickness of the shimming assembly.
A fenestration unit comprising:
- a frame assembly configured to be installed in a building opening;
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- a shimming assembly coupled to the frame assembly, the shimming assembly having an active configuration in which the shimming assembly projects more outwardly in a front-to-back direction from the frame assembly relative to a stowed configuration in which the shimming assembly projects along the frame assembly, the shimming assembly including,
- a base defining a raised contact surface and a pivot pin, the base rotatably coupled to the frame assembly and including a base inclined surface, a slider slidably coupled to the base such that the slider and the base are operable to rotate together in response to a torque to the slider and the base, and
- a handle portion associated with at least one of the base and the slider, the handle portion operable to receive the torque to rotate the base and the slider to transition the shimming assembly from the active configuration to the stowed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.