Plastic nailing fin for window or door assembly
AssigneeAeroquip Corporation
InventorsTimothy T. Tait, David L. Kochendorfer
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Abstract
A plastic nailing fin for use with a window assembly includes a first strip of plastic material moveable from a position overlying the viewing surface of a window frame assembly to a position permitting its attachment to a support structure, a second strip of material integral with said first strip and joining it at a corner, said second strip having first and second segments separated by an integral hinge about which said first segment and said first strip of plastic material may be foldable.
Claims29
For use with a window assembly having a window glazing enclosed by a surrounding frame, a plastic nailing fin comprising:
- (a) a first flat elongated strip of plastic material for attaching to a support structure;
- (b) a second elongated strip of material integral with said first strip and adjoining said first strip at a corner, said second strip having,
- (i) a first segment extending away from said corner at substantially a right angle to said first strip;
- (ii) a second segment extending away from said first segment and having means for attaching to an edge of said frame;
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- (iii) integral hinge means joining said first and second segments, said first segment being foldable about said integral hinge means into engagement with said second segment.
For use with a frame assembly having a front viewing surface and an edge extending inwardly therefrom, a plastic nailing fin comprising:
- (a) a first leg having means on a first surface for attaching to said frame edge;
- (b) a second leg disposed in a first position at substantially right angles to said first leg;
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- (c) hinge means in said first leg positioned between said means for attaching to said frame and said second leg, said hinge means dividing said first leg into an interior segment from which said attaching means extends and an exterior segment from which said second leg extends, said exterior segment being foldable about said hinge means from a position aligned with and parallel to said interior segment to a position folded upon and in engagement with said interior segment, said second leg, upon said exterior segment being folded, moving from said first position to a second position at substantially right angles to said first leg but extending in an opposite direction from said first position.
Foruse with a window assembly to be fastened in a structure, said window assembly having a window glazing encircled by a surrounding frame said frame having a front viewing surface and an edge extending inwardly therefrom, a plastic nailing fin comprising:
- (a) a first leg having means on a first surface for attaching to said frame edge;
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- (b) a second leg disposed in a first position at substantially right angles to said first leg and extending in a direction to overlie said frame viewing surface when said first leg is attached to said frame edge;
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- (c) hinge means in said first leg positioned between said means for attaching to said frame and said second leg, said hinge means dividing said first leg into an interior segment from which said attaching means extends and an exterior segment from which said second leg extends, said exterior segment being foldable about said hinge means from said first position to a second position folded upon and in engagement with said interior segment, said second leg, in said second position, being located for fastening in said support structure.
A frame assembly intended for installation in a support structure comprising in combination:
- (a) a frame having a front surface intended for viewing and edges encircling said front face, said edges having attaching means formed herein;
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- (c) a plastic nailing fin engaged to the attaching means of at least one of said edges, said plastic nailing fin including
- (i) a first leg having means on a first surface for engaging said attaching means;
- (ii) a second leg moveable from a first position at substantially right angles to said first leg and overlying the portion of said frame front surface adjacent said edges to a second position extending away from said edges for engagement with said support structuref and
- (iii) hinge means in said first leg positioned between said means for engaging said edge attaching means and said second leg, said hinge means dividing said first leg into interior and exterior segments, said exterior segment adjoining said second leg and being foldable about said hinge means to move said second leg from said first position to said second position.
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