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US 2012/0199294 A1Published application
Window assembly
AssigneeLake City Windows, LLC
InventorsMark Lee Fayette, Patrick Jerome Murphy
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Abstract
A window assembly including a first sash and a second sash, the first and second sashes each including a pane of glass disposed between a pair of horizontal rails and a pair of vertical stiles, a frame configured to retain the first and second sashes along a vertical plane of the frame, and a mechanism configured to simultaneously and correspondingly move a second sash in second direction upon movement of a first sash in a first direction opposite the second direction.
Claims20
A window assembly, comprising:
- a first sash and a second sash, the first and second sashes each including a pane of glass disposed between a pair of horizontal rails and a pair of vertical stiles;
- a frame configured to retain the first and second sashes along a vertical plane of the frame;
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- a mechanism configured to simultaneously and correspondingly move a second sash in second direction upon movement of a first sash in a first direction opposite the second direction.
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A double-hung window assembly, comprising:
- a frame including a sill, a header, and opposing jambs;
- an upper and a lower sash each comprising of a pane of glass, opposing rails and opposing stiles configured to secure the pane of glass, wherein the stiles are configured to be slidably disposed along the opposing jambs of the frame;
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- two rolling screen assemblies, one each disposed at the sill and the header of the frame, each of the two rolling screen assemblies including a screen roller and a screen having an edge portion configured to attach along one of the rails of the upper and lower sashes;
- wherein the screens are extendable toward a centerline of the frame, and
- wherein the upper and lower sashes are configured to be simultaneously moveable in opposite directions upon movement of one of the sashes.
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A method comprising:
- moving a first sash in a first direction, wherein a second sash moves an equal distance in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the first and second sashes are coupled together and have a substantially equal mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.