Window assembly and grille
OwnerRaymond Ouellette, Patrick Gagnoninventors
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Abstract
A glazing unit having a quadrangular sash mounted to an opening of a wall or of a door and carrying a large glass pane. A decorative grille is applied against the surface of the glass pane. The grille is releasably connected to the sash thanks to invisible clips. The grille is made of muntin rods which are easily assembled, thanks to double headed couplers, joining intersecting sections of the muntin rods, and also single head couplers, joining the muntin rods to the peripheral frame of the grille.
Claims7
In combination, a quadrangular glazing unit sash, a glazing unit pane edgewisely carried by said sash, said sash being edgewisely mounted to the edge portion of a quadrangular panel opening, a decorative grille applied against said glazing unit pane and defining a peripheral quadrangular frame having an outer portion overlying said sash and an inner portion extending towards said glazing unit pane inwardly of said sash, and clips to releasably interconnect said grille to said sash;
- wherein each clip defines a strip having a main section which is mounted between said sash and said inner portion of said grille frame and a bottom flat flange frictionally inserted between said sash and said glazing unit pane;
- said strip and grille frame being characterized in that they include complementary retaining mans to retain said grille frame to said sash;
- wherein said grille frame is made of separable sides and said grille includes a number of regularly-spaced rows of muntin rods and a number of regularly spaced columns of muntin rod segments mounted in said grille frame, first connector means to releasably interconnect said sides, second connector means to releasably connect said muntin rod segments to said rods and third connector means to connect said rods and rod segments to said sides.
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