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US 5,570,548 AGranted
Window sash and an associated method of making a window sash
AssigneeCaradon America Inc.
InventorJames P. Hopper
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Abstract
A method of producing a window sash by first providing a window sash frame and then cutting the window sash frame longitudinally to create a first frame portion and a second frame portion. A connection member is secured to the first frame portion and a glazing member is placed into one of the frame portions. After this, the second frame portion is secured to the first frame portion by virtue of the connection member to form the window sash. An associated product is also disclosed.
Claims7
A window sash comprising:
- a pair of framing portions, each of said framing portions having flanges defining two locking recesses having opposed inner surfaces;
- connection means interposed and secured between said framing portions, said connection means having an H-shape having two substantially parallel flanges and a substantially perpendicular flange bridging therebetween and said flanges of said connection means being in substantial intimate surface-to-surface contact with said opposed inner surfaces of said locking recesses of said framing portions;
- a glazing member secured in between said framing portions;
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- said glazing member having a periphery edge being substantially rested on at least one of said flanges of said framing portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.