Frame corner key
AssigneeMI Windows and Doors, LLC
InventorSimon Cesare DALTON
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Abstract
A corner key having a base with a first portion and a second portion; a first extension member movably connected to the first portion with a first connector integrally formed with the first extension member and the first portion; and a second extension member movably connected to the second portion with a second connector integrally formed with the second extension member and the second portion; wherein a portion of the first connector is movable as the first extension member is moved toward the first portion.
Claims20
A corner key for a frame comprising:
- a corner key having a base with a first portion and a second portion;
- a first extension member movably connected to the first portion with a first connector integrally formed with the first extension member and the first portion;
- and
- a second extension member movably connected to the second portion with a second connector integrally formed with the second extension member and the second portion;
- wherein a portion of the first connector is movable as the first extension member is moved toward the first portion.
A frame assembly including;
- At least a first corner key having a base, and a first extension member movably connected to the base with a first connector having a first crumple zone and a second extension member operatively coupled to the base;
- and
- a first lineal having a first hollow interior receiving the first extension member and a second lineal having a second hollow interior receiving the second extension member.
A method of assembling two frame lineal members comprising:
- providing a corner key including:
- a corner key having a base;
- a first extension member movably connected to the base with a connector having a first crumple zone integrally formed with the first extension member and the base;
- and
- a second extension member movably connected to the base with a separate second connector having a second crumple zone integrally formed with the second extension member and the base;
- securing the first extension member to a first lineal and securing the second extension member to the second lineal;
- and
- moving a first mating surface of the first lineal toward a second mating surface of the second lineal by collapsing the first crumple zone and collapsing the second crumple zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.