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US 2022/0025698 A1Published application
Threshold sill with removable barrier insert
AssigneeNana Wall Systems, Inc.
InventorEbrahim Nana
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Abstract
A threshold sill seal assembly useful with glass wall systems is described. The assembly has a sill with a top surface. The threshold sill assembly includes a removable barrier insert that is removably engaged with a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill and has a portion substantially parallel to the movable glass wall that can act as a barrier to the intrusion of environmental conditions.
Claims20
A threshold sill assembly for a movable glass wall adjacent a floor, the assembly comprising:
- a. a sill having a top surface orthogonal to the glass wall, substantially parallel to and spaced from the floor a distance no more than 0.75 inches, the sill having a lower portion partially recessed within the floor and a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill, the cavity configured to removably receive a rigid barrier insert;
- b. a first ramp on a first side of the sill, the first ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor and a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the first ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- c. a second ramp on a second side of the sill spaced from and opposite the first ramp, the second ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor, a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the second ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- and,
- d. a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill and configured to removably receive a rigid barrier insert;
- wherein the rigid barrier insert has a lower portion that, when removably received in the cavity, extends into the cavity and has an upstanding portion extending in a direction away from the cavity and parallel to the movable glass wall and, wherein the rigid barrier insert substantially prevents water intrusion past the movable glass wall when the rigid barrier insert is received in the cavity.
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A threshold sill assembly for a movable glass wall adjacent a floor, the assembly comprising:
- a. a sill having a top surface orthogonal to the glass wall, substantially parallel to and spaced from the floor a distance no more than 0.75 inches, the sill having a lower portion partially recessed within the floor;
- b. a first ramp on a first side of the sill, the first ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor and a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the first ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- c. a second ramp on a second side of the sill spaced from and opposite the first ramp, the second ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor, a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the second ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- and,
- d. a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill and configured to alternatively and removably receive one of a top surface insert or a rigid barrier insert;
- wherein,
- i. the top surface insert includes a top surface and a lower portion that, when removably received in the cavity, extends into the cavity such that the top surface insert has a top surface that lies in the same plane as the top surface of the sill,
- ii. the rigid barrier insert has a lower portion that, when removably received in the cavity, extends into the cavity and has an upstanding portion extending in a direction away from the cavity and parallel to the movable glass wall, wherein when the rigid barrier insert is received in the cavity, the rigid barrier insert substantially prevents water intrusion past the movable glass wall.
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A threshold sill assembly for a movable glass wall adjacent a floor, the assembly comprising:
- a. a sill having a top surface orthogonal to the glass wall, substantially parallel to and spaced from the floor a distance no more than 0.75 inches;
- b. a first ramp on a first side of the sill, the first ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor and a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the first ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- c. a second ramp on a second side of the sill spaced from and opposite the first ramp, the second ramp has a top surface with a distal end adjacent to the floor, a proximal end adjacent the top surface of the sill, wherein the top surface of the second ramp is angled with respect to the floor;
- and,
- d. a cavity provided in the top surface of the sill and configured to alternatively and removably receive one of a top surface insert or a rigid barrier insert;
- wherein,
- i. the top surface insert includes a top surface and a lower portion that, when removably received in the cavity, extends into the cavity such that the top surface insert has a top surface that lies in the same plane as the top surface of the sill,
- ii. the rigid barrier insert has a lower portion that, when removably received in the cavity, extends into the cavity and has an upstanding portion extending in a direction away from the cavity and parallel to the movable glass wall, wherein when the rigid barrier insert is received in the cavity, the rigid barrier insert substantially prevents water intrusion past the movable glass wall.
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