Window frame and method
AssigneeGlass-Stop Concepts, Inc.
InventorBrad Stevens
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Abstract
A window frame comprising a sill, a pair of side jambs and a header is provided. The sill, side jambs, and header include coextensive window pane receiving grooves in which the window pane and glazing are received for mounting the window pane in the window frame. The sill and side jambs are of unitary construction. The header is two piece construction to facilitate installation of the window pane in the frame. The header includes a filler strip that releasably retains a window pane in place in the window frame and the filler cooperates with the remainder of the header to form the window pane groove in the header. A method of installing the window pane in the window frame is also provided.
Claims20
A window frame adapted to secure a window pane in place in a window opening, said window frame being adapted to be mounted in an opening in a wall defined by a plurality of casings members, said window frame comprising:
- an elongate sill having a window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the sill;
- a pair of elongate side jambs each having a window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the respective side jamb;
- an elongate header having an elongate slot extending along the length of the header, said slot having opposing sides;
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- an elongate filler strip having laterally spaced edges releasably retained in the header slot and reducing the transverse width of the header slot to form with the header a window pane receiving groove in the header defined by one of said opposing sides of the slot and one of said laterally spaced edges of the filler strip;
- wherein the sill, side jambs and header are positioned relative to one another to form a window frame with the sill groove, side jamb grooves and header groove forming a substantially continuous window pane groove around the inside periphery of the window frame.
A window frame adapted to secure a window pane in place in a window opening, said window frame being adapted to be mounted in an opening in a wall, said wall opening being defined by a plurality of casings members, said window frame comprising:
- an elongate sill having a window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the sill, said sill having a pair of spaced apart sill legs on opposite sides of and extending from a sill web, said sill legs having inside surfaces facing one another;
- a pair of elongate side jambs each having a window pane receiving groove extending along a length of the respective side jamb, said side jambs each having a pair of spaced apart side jamb legs on opposite sides of and extending from a respective side jamb web, said side jamb legs of each said side jamb having inside surfaces facing one another;
- an elongate header having a groove extending along the length of the header, said header having a pair of spaced apart header legs on opposite sides of and extending from a header web, said header legs having inside surfaces facing one another;
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- a plurality of longitudinally spaced reinforcing members extending transversely from one of the inside surfaces of the sill legs to another of the inside surfaces of the sill legs, from one of the inside surfaces of the side jamb legs to another of the inside surfaces of the side jamb legs, and from one of the inside surfaces of the header legs to another of the inside surfaces of the header legs to reinforce the respective legs from bending inwardly.
A method of installing a window pane in a window frame comprising a sill, a pair of side jambs and a header, said method comprising:
- positioning a window pane first side edge in a first edge groove of a first said side jamb;
- moving a bottom edge of said window pane over and then into a bottom groove in said sill;
- moving a second side edge of said window pane into a second edge groove in a second side jamb by laterally moving said window pane;
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- joining a first header channel to a preinstalled second header channel, said first and second header channels forming a window pane receiving slot.
A window frame adapted to secure a window pane in place in a window opening, said window frame being adapted to be mounted in an opening in a wall defined by a plurality of casings members, said window frame comprising:
- an elongate sill having a first window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the sill;
- a pair of elongate side jambs each having a second window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the respective side jamb;
- an elongate header having a third window pane receiving groove extending along the length of the header;
- the sill, side jambs and header being positioned relative to one another to form a window frame with the first, second and third grooves forming a substantially continuous window pane groove around the inside periphery of the window frame;
- at least one of the sill, side jambs and header comprising a pair of channels forming an elongate slot there between forming a portion of said continuous window pane groove;
- an elongate filler strip releasably retained in the slot reducing the transverse width of the slot and forming with one of the channels, the portion of the continuous window pane receiving groove in said at least one of the sill, side jambs and header;
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- lock means cooperating with one of said channels and the filler strip to releasably retain the filler strip in said at least one of the sill, side jambs and header.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.