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US 2022/0145692 A1Published application
Extruded Frame System for Glazing
AssigneeWindow Film Depot, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Franson, Mark Meshulam
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Abstract
A frame system for securing a glazing unit to a window portal includes an elongated primary mount extrusion, an elongated mount stop extrusion, an elongated first gasket, an elongated second gasket and a structural sealant. The primary mount extrusion is secured to the window portal. A mount stop extrusion engages the primary mount extrusion with a pair of ratcheting members. The first gasket and the second gasket define a passage therebetween and the passage has a width so that the glazing unit fits therein. A structural sealant is disposed so as to affix the glazing unit to an inner upper surface of the primary mount extrusion.
Claims25
A frame system for securing a glazing unit to a window portal attachment surface, comprising:
- (a) an elongated primary mount extrusion having a vertical wall with a top leg extending therefrom and a bottom leg extending therefrom, the top leg having a first end that defines a first gasket engagement channel, the bottom leg having a second end that defines a first one-way ratcheting engagement member, the primary mount extrusion configured to be secured to the window portal attachment surface;
- (b) an elongated mount stop extrusion having a top end that defines a second gasket engagement channel spaced apart from and parallel to the first gasket engagement channel, the mount stop extrusion having a bottom end that defines a second one-way ratcheting engagement member that is complementary to the first one-way ratcheting engagement member so that the mount stop extrusion is affixed to the primary mount extrusion when the second one-way ratcheting engagement member is engaged with the first one-way ratcheting engagement member;
- (c) an elongated first gasket that is configured to be engaged with the first gasket engagement channel and an elongated second gasket that is configured to be engaged with the second gasket engagement channel, the first gasket and the second gasket defining a passage therebetween once engaged, the passage having a width so that the glazing unit fits therein;
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- (d) a structural sealant that is configured to be disposed so as to affix the glazing unit to an inner upper surface of the primary mount extrusion.
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A window system, comprising:
- (a) a glazing unit;
- (b) an elongated primary mount extrusion having a vertical wall with a top leg extending therefrom and a bottom leg extending therefrom, the top leg having a first end that defines a first gasket engagement channel, the bottom leg having a second end that defines a first one-way ratcheting engagement member, the primary mount extrusion secured to the window portal attachment surface;
- (c) an elongated mount stop extrusion having a top end that defines a second gasket engagement channel spaced apart from and parallel to the first gasket engagement channel, the mount stop extrusion having a bottom end that defines a second one-way ratcheting engagement member that is complementary to the first one-way ratcheting engagement member so that the mount stop extrusion is affixed to the primary mount extrusion when the second one-way ratcheting engagement member is engaged with the first one-way ratcheting engagement member;
- (d) an elongated first gasket that is engaged with the first gasket engagement channel and an elongated second gasket that is engaged with the second gasket engagement channel, the first gasket and the second gasket defining a passage therebetween once engaged, the passage having a width so that the glazing unit fits therein;
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- (e) a structural sealant that is disposed so as to affix the glazing unit to an inner upper surface of the primary mount extrusion.
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A method of securing a polycarbonate panel to a window portal, comprising the steps of:
- (a) fastening an elongated primary mount extrusion to the window portal, the elongated primary mount extrusion having a vertical wall with a top leg extending therefrom and a bottom leg extending therefrom, the top leg having a first end that defines a first gasket engagement channel, the bottom leg having a second end that defines a first one-way ratcheting engagement member, an elongated first gasket being engaged with the first gasket engagement channel;
- (b) securing a plurality of temps to the primary mount extrusion, the plurality of temps including a first set of temps adapted to provide vertical glazing unit support and second set of temps adapted to provide front-to-back glazing unit support, so that the temps of the first set are spaced apart from and alternated with temps of the second set;
- (c) placing the polycarbonate panel on the temps of the first set and between the first gasket and the temps of the second set;
- (d) applying a structural sealant between the glazing unit and an inner upper surface of the primary mount extrusion, thereby affixing the glazing unit to the primary mount extrusion;
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- (e) affixing an elongated mount stop extrusion to the primary mount extrusion, the mount stop extrusion having a top end that defines a second gasket engagement channel in which an elongated second gasket is engaged and the second gasket being placed against the polycarbonate sheet, the mount stop extrusion having a bottom end that defines a second one-way ratcheting engagement member that is complementary to the first one-way ratcheting engagement member so that the mount stop extrusion is affixed to the primary mount extrusion by pressing the second one-way ratcheting engagement member into the first one-way ratcheting engagement member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.