Rotatable bracket securing a window frame to a roof
AssigneeAndersen Corporation
InventorDavid J. Weiss
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Abstract
A bracket used to secure a window frame to a roof. The bracket has a rectangular geometry, a means of securing the bracket to the roof and a means of rotating the body along the planar axis of the bottom of a frame. The bracket has a first orientation where the long edges are parallel with the frame, and a second orientation where the short edges are parallel with the frame. The bracket is rotatable with a plurality of orientations between the first orientation and the second orientation.
Claims13
A bracket used to secure a window frame to a roof, said bracket comprising:
- a body having a substantially rectangular geometry, having a width, length and thickness, with two long edges and two short edges, and the thickness less than the width and the width less than length, said body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a means of securing said body to a roof with a bottom surface of said body proximate to the roof;
- a means of rotating said body along a planar axis of a bottom surface of a window frame, a portion of the top surface of said body proximate to a bottom of the window frame;
- an extension which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the window frame and located near an interior of the window frame, the extension is sized to allow the body to rotate and to secure the bottom surface of the body to the roof;
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- a rounded corner with a portion that is near an interior side of the extension, said rounded corner is between the long edge and the short edge of said body, wherein said body has a first orientation wherein the long edges of said body are substantially parallel with the window frame, and a second orientation wherein the short edges are substantially parallel with the window frame, whereby said body is rotatable with a plurality of orientations between the first orientation and the second orientation.
A bracket used to secure a window frame to a roof, said bracket comprising:
- a body having a substantially rectangular geometry, having a width, length and thickness, with two long edges and two short edges, and the thickness less than the width and the width less than length, said body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a means of securing said body to a roof with a bottom surface of said body proximate to the roof;
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- a means of rotating said body along a planar axis of a bottom surface of a window frame, a portion of the top surface of said body proximate to a bottom of the window frame;
- a groove sized and configured to encompass a portion of the body, said groove sized to allow the body to rotate and to secure the bottom surface to the roof;
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- a rounded corner with a portion that is near an interior side of the groove, said rounded corner is between the long edge and the short edge of said body, wherein said body has a first orientation wherein the long edges of said body are substantially parallel with the window frame, and a second orientation wherein the short edges are substantially parallel with the window frame, whereby said body is rotatable with a plurality of orientations between the first orientation and the second orientation.
A window and bracket combination for being secured to a roof, comprising:
- a window having a window frame having a bottom surface;
- a bracket having a body having a substantially rectangular geometry, having a width, length and thickness, with two long edges and two short edges, the thickness less than the width and the width less than the length, said body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- means for securing the body to a roof with the bottom surface of the body proximate the roof;
- means for rotating the body along a planar axis of the bottom surface of the window frame, wherein the body has a first orientation wherein the long edges of said body are substantially parallel with the window frame, and a second orientation where the short edges are substantially parallel with the window frame, whereby the body is rotatable with a plurality of orientations between the first orientation and the second orientation.
A method of installing a window to a roof, the window having a frame with a bottom surface and a bracket having a body having a substantially rectangular geometry, having a width, length and thickness, with two long edges and two short edges, the thickness less than the width and the width less than the length, said body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the method comprising:
- securing the bracket to the frame in a first orientation, a portion of the top surface of the body proximate the bottom of the frame, the first orientation having the long edges of the body substantially parallel with the frame;
- rotating the body to a second orientation prior to installing on the roof, the second orientation having the short edges substantially parallel with the frame;
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- securing the bracket to a roof with the bottom surface of the body proximate the roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.