Window trim assembly
AssigneeVal-Trac Incorporated
InventorGerald A. Hamilton
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Abstract
Window trim assembly of extruded plastic sections for mobile homes and the like, having a rear mounting base member and a front member having shade, drapery or valance mounting formations which is releasably coupled to the base member. The mounting base member has a base panel to be mounted against a building wall and an outwardly projecting mounting rib to be interfitted in a channel recess of the front member and held therein by interlocking teeth. Side jamb sections and a bottom section can be added.
Claims19
Window head trim assembly comprising a mounting base member and a front head trim member attachable thereto, said mounting base member having a base portion positionable vertically for mounting against a window frame head or wall, said front head trim member having a generally flat main body panel portion positioned, when attached, in a horizontal plane and adapted to support at least one of valance, shade or curtain mounting elements, and means for attaching the trim member to the base member, with its base portion vertically disposed, in response to only horizontal movement of the trim member with its main body portion horizontally disposed, said means for attaching comprising
- (i) a single, substantially flat mounting rib portion having a series of ridges along the length thereof, said rib portion being integral with the base portion of the base member and projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom;
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- (ii) a rearwardly opening, horizontally disposed, U-shaped channel integral with the trim member having a corresponding series of ridges along the interior length thereof for gripping the mounting rib portion of the mounting base portion in interlocked relation when inserted therein.
A plastic window trim structure formed of extruded plastic to be mounted on the inside surface of a building wall adjacent a window opening therein, comprising a head trim section to be located in a horizontal position across the top of the window opening formed of a mounting base extrusion and an attachable front head trim extrusion assembled thereon, the mounting base extrusion having a flat planiform base panel to be positioned vertically and mounted against the inside surface of the building wall, and the attachable front head trim extrusion having a generally planiform main body panel portion adapted to be located in a horizontal plane in the assembled window trim assembly and means for attaching the trim extrusion to the base extrusion, with its base panel vertically disposed, in response to only horizontal movement of the trim extrusion with its main body panel horizontally disposed, said means comprising and a single mounting rib formation having a series of ridges along the length thereof, said rib formation being integral with the base extrusion and projecting forwardly and horizontally therefrom and an attaching horizontally disposed channel formation integral with the head trim extrusion defining a rearwardly opening channel recess having a corresponding series of ridges along the interior length thereof to receive said mounting rib formation of the mounting base extrusion in releasably interlocked relation therein, the front head trim extrusion further having a T-shaped flange formation integral with and at the front edge of said main body panel portion defining a slide rail for releasably assembling valance or curtain supporting elements thereon, and said front head trim extrusion further including means coactive with said base panel of said mounting base extrusion defining a downwardly opening channel for receiving at least a portion of a roller type shade in mounted relation therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.