Insulated portal
AssigneePGT Innovations, Inc.
InventorsRichard Mazur, Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi, Cameron Miles Wyatt, Jacob Blackburn, Kraig Hoekstra
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Abstract
A method of assembling a portal can include obtaining a stile, wherein the stile can include a first stile and a second stile; arranging a thermal strut and insulative bar between the first stile and the second stile, wherein the insulative bar can define a lock groove; arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, wherein the lock assembly can include a fastening plate rotatably coupled to the lock assembly; and coupling the lock assembly to the stile by rotating the fastening plate and, thereafter, engaging fasteners to provide friction between the fastening plate and the insulative bar.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method of assembling a portal, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermally insulative window pane;
- capturing the thermally insulative window pane within a window frame, the window frame comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each rail connected to a hinge-side stile and each rail connected to a handle-side stile, wherein the handle-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- arranging a thermal strut between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- arranging an insulative bar between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar defines a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, the lock groove sized to accept the lock assembly;
- coupling the lock assembly to the insulative bar;
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- coupling a handle to the lock assembly.
A portal comprising:
- a window frame comprising an upper rail and a lower rail, each rail connected to a hinge-side stile and each rail connected to a handle-side stile, wherein the handle-side stile comprises a first outer stile and a second outer stile;
- a thermally insulative window pane captured within the window frame;
- a thermal strut disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the thermal strut being of an insulating material;
- an insulative bar disposed between and contacting the first outer stile and the second outer stile, the insulative bar defines a lock groove, and the insulative bar being of an insulating material;
- a lock assembly coupled to the insulative bar and disposed within the lock groove, the lock groove sized to accept the lock assembly;
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- a handle coupled to the lock assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.