Glazed panel installation system and method
AssigneeChampion Trust LLC
InventorChristopher Allen Gorman
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Abstract
A fenestration opening is provided with opposing receptors on opposite sides of the fenestration opening. Each of the receptors is configured to capture and opposing end of a glazed panel with a capture feature or features on each receptor that hold the respective end of the glazed panel from moving laterally, in or out of the fenestration opening. The glazed panel is installed by angling the glazed panel with respect to the fenestration opening and inserting one end of the glazed panel into engagement with one of the receptors, then moving the opposite end of the glazed panel so that the panel is aligned between the receptors, and then moving the panel so that the opposite end of the receptor is captured by the opposite receptor.
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A method for installing a window panel, comprising:
- installing a first receptor on a first side of a window opening, the first receptor having a first base positioned against the first side of the window opening and a first capture feature extending from the first base to a distal end of the first capture feature;
- installing a second receptor on a second side of the window opening, wherein the second side of the window opening is opposite the first side of the window opening, the second receptor having a second base positioned against the second side of the window opening, and a second capture feature extending away from the second base to a distal end of the second capture feature;
- while holding a window panel at a non-zero angle to the window opening, placing a first end of the window panel into engagement with the first receptor so that the first end of the window panel is captured by the first capture feature;
- while the first end of the window panel is captured by the first capture feature, moving a second end of the window panel that is opposite the first end of the window panel so that the window panel is aligned between the first receptor and the second receptor;
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- moving the window panel towards the second receptor such that the second end of the window panel becomes captured by the second capture feature while the first end of the window panel remains captured by the first capture feature.
A method for installing a glazed panel in a fenestration opening, the glazed panel having a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end, the fenestration opening having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side, the first side of the fenestration opening having a first receptor having a first capture feature that extends from a base of the first receptor toward the second side of the fenestration opening, the second side of the fenestration opening having a second receptor that has a second capture feature which extends from a base of the second receptor toward the first side of the fenestration opening, the method comprising:
- while holding the glazed panel at a non-zero angle to the fenestration opening, placing the first end of the glazed panel into engagement with the first receptor so that the first end of the glazed panel is captured by the first capture feature;
- while the first end of the glazed panel is captured by the first capture feature, moving the second end of the glazed panel so that the glazed panel is aligned between the first receptor and the second receptor;
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- while the glazed panel is aligned between the first receptor and the second receptor, moving the glazed panel towards the second receptor such that the second end of the glazed panel becomes captured by the second capture feature and the first end of the glazed panel remains captured by the first capture feature.
A system for installing a glazed panel in a fenestration opening, comprising:
- a first receptor mounted on a first side of the fenestration opening, the first receptor having a first base and a first capture feature that extends from the first base, a first capture distance being defined between a distal end of the first capture feature and the first base;
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- a second receptor mounted on a second side of the fenestration opening opposite the first side of the fenestration opening, the second receptor having a second bases and a second capture feature that extends from the second base, a second capture distance being defined between a distal end of the second capture feature and the second base.
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