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US 2023/0134444 A1Published application
Fenestration unit with drainage passage from corner key and through cladding
AssigneeJELD-WEN, Inc.
InventorShane Michael MEYER
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Abstract
A fenestration unit includes a frame corner key that includes a corner key fluid outlet and a cladding having an aperture for the corner key fluid outlet. The fenestration unit also includes a weep drainage system with a fluid path defined from the frame corner key, through the corner key fluid outlet, and through the aperture to drain from the fenestration unit.
Claims20
A fenestration unit comprising:
- a frame corner key that includes a corner key fluid outlet;
- a cladding having an aperture for the corner key fluid outlet;
- and
- a weep drainage system with a fluid path defined from the frame corner key, through the corner key fluid outlet, and through the aperture to drain from the fenestration unit.
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A method of manufacturing a fenestration unit comprising:
- providing a frame corner key with a corner key fluid outlet;
- attaching a cladding to the frame corner key, the cladding having an aperture for the corner key fluid outlet to define at least part of a weep drainage system with a fluid path defined from the frame corner key, through the corner key fluid outlet, and through the aperture to drain from the fenestration unit.
A sliding window unit comprising:
- a sill member;
- a jamb member;
- a fenestration unit comprising:
- a frame corner key that includes a corner key fluid outlet;
- a cladding having an aperture for the corner key fluid outlet;
- and
- a weep drainage system with a fluid path defined from the frame corner key, through the corner key fluid outlet, and through the aperture to drain from the fenestration unit;
- wherein the frame corner key attaches the sill member and the jamb member, the frame corner key including a reservoir and a projection that defines the corner key fluid outlet;
- wherein the cladding is provided as an apron cladding segment that is attached to and that covers over at least part of the sill member, the apron cladding segment having the aperture that receives the projection of the frame corner key, the apron cladding segment having a weep outlet;
- and
- wherein the weep drainage system with the fluid path is defined from the reservoir and to the weep outlet to drain from the fenestration unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.