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US 4,112,645 AGranted
Porthole arrangement
OwnerFrederick Dale Greenfieldinventor
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Abstract
An improved porthole arrangement provided with a plurality of water drain holes to drain rain water or spray which may accumulate in the porthole arrangement and the porthole arrangement is also provided with a rain shield which allows the window of the porthole to be maintained in an open position for ventilation purposes and prevents the splashing of water into the interior.
Claims16
In a porthole arrangement for mounting on the wall of a vehicle the improvement comprising, in combination:
- an interior frame means, having top, bottom and opposed side walls;
- a fitting means having top, bottom and opposed side walls coupled to said interior frame means and extending through the wall of the vehicle from the interior to regions exterior thereof and each of said interior frame means and said fitting means having first walls defining a aligned aperture therethrough;
- screen bracket means comprising an upstanding rim means coupled to said first walls of said fitting means and extending therearound and into said aperture therein a first preselected distance and spaced from said interior frame means a second preselected distance;
- a transparent rain shield means coupled to said interior frame means along said bottom wall thereof and projecting a third preselected distance into said aperture therein, and said third preselected distance greater than said first preselected distance;
- said screen bracket means having drain aperture walls therethrough defining water drain means along said bottom wall of said fitting means and providing communication between said bottom wall of said fitting means and said bottom wall of said interior frame means;
- U-shaped channel means coupled to said bottom wall of said fitting and extending therebelow and having walls defining a U-shaped channel;
- first water passage means extending through said bottom wall of said fitting means and communicating with said U-shaped channel;
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- second water passage means extending through said bottom wall of said interior frame means and communicating with said U-shaped channel.
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In a porthole arrangement for mounting on the wall of a vehicle the improvement comprising, in combination:
- an interior frame means, having top, bottom and opposed side walls;
- a fitting means having top, bottom and opposed side walls coupled to said interior frame means and extending through the wall of the vehicle from the interior to regions exterior thereof and each of said interior frame means and said fitting means having first walls defining a aligned aperture therethrough;
- screen bracket means comprising an upstanding rim means coupled to said first walls of said fitting means and extending therearound and into said aperture therein a first preselected distance and spaced from said interior frame means a second preselected distance;
- said screen bracket means having drain aperture walls therethrough defining water drain means along said bottom wall of said fitting means and providing communication between said bottom wall of said fitting means and said bottom wall of said interior frame means;
- U-shaped channel means coupled to said bottom wall of said fitting and extending therebelow and having walls defining a U-shaped channel;
- first water passage means extending through said bottom wall of said fitting means and communicating with said U-shaped channel;
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- second water passage means extending through said bottom wall of said interior frame means and communicating with said U-shaped channel;
- first tube means extending through said second water passage means, through said U-shaped channel to regions external the wall.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.