Skylight construction

A skylight construction for an opening in a building or the like comprising:

• a rigid plastic curb frame means including fixed movable frame members, means for firmly securing said fixed frame about the opening, transparent or translucent covering means, means for retaining the covering means on the movable frame, hinge means comprising separate plastic base frame hinge member and sash frame hinge member, means connecting the hinge members to respective base and sash frames, said hinge members adapted to have separate closed and open positions, the hinge members interlocking along an axis in the closed position of the frames to provide a water tight seal at said hinge members, said sash frame hinge member releasable from said base frame hinge member in a non-axial direction and lateral to the axis of the hinge members but only in at least a partially open position of the frames.

A skylight construction for an opening in a building or the like comprising:

• a rigid plastic curb frame means comprising, a plastic base frame and a sash frame means for firmly securing said rigid plastic curb frame means about said opening, transparent or translucent covering means, means for retaining the covering means on the rigid plastic curb frame means, hinge means comprising separate plastic hinge members, means connecting the hinge members to respective frames along a hinge axis, one of said hinge members being a female hinge member and the other said hinge member being a male hinge member, said female hinge member having an opening for releasably receiving the male hinge member, said male hinge member including means for interlocking in a non-releasable manner with the female hinge member when the frames are closed, and said female hinge member dimensioned to be releasable from said male hinge member by separation therefrom in a direction lateral to the axis of said hinge means through said opening of said female hinge member when the frames are open.

A skylight construction as set forth in claim 15 or claim 22 wherein the hinge member associated with the moveable frame comprises means defining a partially circular recess.

A skylight construction for an opening in a building or the like comprising:

• a rigid plastic curb frame means including fixed and movable frame members, means for firmly securing said fixed frame about the opening, transparent or translucent covering means, means for retaining the covering means on the movable frame, hinge means comprising separate plastic hinge members, means securing the hinge members to respective frames along a hinge axis, the hinge members interlocking in the closed position of the frames to provide a water tight seal at said members, one of said hinge members being a female hinge member and the other said hinge member being a male hinge member, said female hinge member having an opening for releasably receiving the male hinge member, said male hinge member including means for interlocking in a non-releasable manner with the female hinge member when the frames are closed, and said female hinge member dimensioned to be releasable from said male hinge member by separation therefrom in a direction lateral to the axis of said hinge means through said opening of said female hinge member when the frames are open.