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US 5,274,976 AGranted
Window unit with decorative grille assembly
AssigneeVinyl Tech
InventorE. Wayne Burkhart
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Abstract
A window contains a decorative grille bar assembly which is mounted atop a single glazing panel to simulate the presence of separate window panes. The grille bar assembly comprises a plurality of hollow metal extrusions which are connected to one another, and to the window frame, by plastic inserts which are press-fit in hollow ends of the grille bars. The inserts are connected to the grille bars and to the window frame by tongue-and-recess connections.
Claims12
A window unit comprising:
- a frame;
- a glazing panel mounted in said frame;
- and
- a decorative grille assembly overlying said glazing panel and retained in place by said frame, said grille assembly comprising:
- a plurality of grille bars formed of hollow metal extrusions, each grille bar including sides which converge in a direction away from said glazing panel, and
- plastic inserts stationarily mounted in hollow ends of said metal grille bars and projecting longitudinally therebeyond, a first plurality of said plastic inserts interconnecting said grille bars by tongue-and-recess connections, and a second plurality of said plastic inserts interconnecting said grille assembly to said frame by tongue-and-recess connections, said first plurality of inserts each including a terminal end face inclined obliquely relative to said glazing panel to lie generally flush against one of said sides of a respective grille bar, said second plurality of inserts including tab portions;
- said frame including removable rail means overlying said tab portions to define a tongue-and-recess connection.
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A glazing unit comprising:
- a frame including a linear section and a substantially semi-circular section;
- a substantially semi-circular glazing panel mounted in said frame;
- and
- a decorative grille assembly overlying said panel and retained in place by said frame, and decorative grille assembly comprising:
- a substantially semi-circular main grille bar having first and second opposing ends secured to spaced-apart portions of said linear section,
- a plurality of outer secondary linear grille bars extending in diverging relationship from said main grille bar to said semi-circular section of said frame, and
- a plurality of inner secondary linear grille bars extending in converging relationship from said main grille bar to said linear section of said frame, the inner secondary grille bars being in alignment with respective outer secondary grille bars, and
- a plastic insert connected to each of said inner and outer secondary grille bars at an end thereof adjoining said main grille bar, said insert being connected to said main grille bar by a tongue-and-recess connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.