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US 2014/0174020 A1Published application
Frame joint connector
AssigneeMilgard Manufacturing Incorporated
InventorVictor Massey
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Abstract
A frame the joint connector comprises a first head, a second head and a neck interconnecting the first head and the second head. The first head forms a first shoulder adjacent the neck facing the second head. The second head forms a second shoulder adjacent the neck facing the first head.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a joint connector comprising:
- a first head having a first diameter defining a first circumference;
- a second head having a second diameter defining a second circumference;
- and
- a neck interconnecting the first head and the second head, wherein the first head forms a first shoulder adjacent the neck facing the second head and wherein the second head forms a second shoulder adjacent the neck facing the first head, the first circumference intersects the second circumference.
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A window frame having a rear face and a front face, the window frame comprising:
- a first frame member including a cavity extending from an opening in a rear face of the first frame member toward a front face of the first frame member;
- a second frame member including a cavity extending from an opening in a rear face of the second frame member toward a front face of the second frame member;
- wherein the opening in the first frame member and the opening in the second frame member are not in the same plane;
- and.
- a first neck opening through a side of the first frame head cavity;
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- at least one frame joint connector connecting the first frame member and the second frame member, the at least one frame joint connector comprising:
- a first head having a first axial length;
- a second head having a second axial length greater than the first axial length;
- and
- a neck interconnecting the first head and the second head, wherein the first head forms a first shoulder adjacent the neck facing the second head, wherein the second head forms a second shoulder adjacent the neck facing the first head, wherein the first head is within the first head cavity, and wherein the second head is within the second head cavity and wherein the neck extends through the first neck opening and the second neck opening to connect the first frame member and the second frame member,
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A method for forming a window frame, the method comprising:
- positioning ends of two frame members adjacent to one another to form a joint of the window frame, each of the ends having a first head cavity extending from the rear face toward the front face and a first neck opening through a side of the first head cavity;
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- securing the ends of the two frame members to one another using a frame joint connector comprising a first head, a second head and a neck interconnecting the first head and the second head, wherein the first head forms a first shoulder adjacent the neck facing the second head, wherein the second head forms a second shoulder adjacent the neck facing the first head, wherein the first head is positioned within the first head cavity, wherein the second head is positioned within the second head cavity and wherein the neck positioned so as to extend through the first neck opening and the second neck opening to connect two frame members;
- the first head having a first diameter defining a first circumference and the second head having a second diameter defining a second circumference, the first circumference intersecting the second circumference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.