Metallic radius drip cap for guarding window frames and method of making same

An arcuately shaped multi-flanged radius drip cap for attachment with a siding covered building wall, the arcuately shaped radius drip cap having a pair of spaced apart radially inner and radially outer curved flanges and an intermediate curved flange integrally joined with the pair of spaced apart flanges at opposite front and back areas of the intermediate flange, the radially outer flange having a series of radially extending slits, each of the slits are generally of a V-shape with a bottom of the V being located in closest adjacency to said intermediate curved flange, a widest part of each of the V-shape slits opening radially outwardly of said radially outer curved flange leaving an outer most edge of the radially outer curved flange interrupted at arcuately spaced intervals by the widest part of the V-shape openings defined by the slits, and water repellent tape adhesively secured to said radially outer curved flange overlying and closing said slits to provide dams to inhibit water flow through said slits.

In an architectural window assembly including a round window frame structure, the improvement of an arcuately shaped multi-flanged radius drip cap for attachment with a siding covered building wall, the arcuately shaped radius drip cap having a pair of spaced apart radially inner and radially outer curved flanges and an intermediate curved flange integrally joined with the pair of spaced apart flanges at opposite front and back areas of the intermediate flange, the radially outer flange having a series of radially extending slits, each of the slits are generally of a V-shape and opening radially outwardly of the radially outer curved flange leaving an outermost edge of the radially outer flange interrupted at arcuately spaced intervals by the widest parts of the V-shaped openings defined by the slits, and water repellent tape adhesively secured to said radially outer curved flange overlying said slits to provide closure dams to inhibit water flow through said taped slits.

In a building having an architectural window assembly mounted thereon with a round exterior trim attached to a building wall about the window assembly, the improvement of an arcuately shaped multi-flanged radius drip cap in attachment with siding covering the building wall, the drip cap being comprised of a metallic material, the arcuately shaped radius drip cap having a pair of spaced apart radially inner and outer curved flanges and an intermediate curved flange integrally joined with the pair of spaced apart flanges at opposite front and back areas of the intermediate flange, said radially inner flange having arcuately spaced channels extending transversely of said flange and sized for window abutment, said channels providing an arcuate shape to the radially inner curved flange of the drip cap, radially extending slits in said radially outer curved flange, water repellant tape adhesively secured to said radially outer curved flange closing said slits to inhibit water flow through said slits, and attachment means attaching the radius drip cap to the siding covered building wall with the radius drip cap protectively encasing the round exterior trim to inhibit water leakage to the trim and to the architectural window assembly.