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US 6,615,558 B2Granted
Door and sidelights with visually matching curves
AssigneeAndersen Corporation
InventorsJames Brian Libby, Casey L. Carlson
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Abstract
Signature entryway units combine common non-circular elements to form an entryway unit that suggests a circle. The entryway unit can include a door and one or more sidelight panels. The non-circular elements can include glazing units.
Claims19
An entryway unit comprising:
- a first sidelight panel comprising a first glazing unit having a curved edge with a first radius of curvature;
- a second sidelight panel comprising a second glazing unit having a curved edge with a second radius of curvature;
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- a door between the first and second sidelight panels, the door comprising a third glazing unit having a curved edge with a third radius of curvature;
- wherein the curved edges of the first and second glazing units together define in part a first circle and the curved edge of the third glazing unit defines in part a second circle;
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- wherein a larger of the first circle and the second circle has a diameter that is within about 200% of a diameter of a smaller of the first circle and the second circle, one of the first and second circles lies within the other of the first and second circles, the diameter of the first circle and the diameter of the second circle are each less than a width of the entryway unit, and an uppermost point of the first circle is within several inches of an uppermost point of the second circle.
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An entryway unit comprising:
- a first sidelight panel comprising a first glazing unit;
- a second sidelight panel comprising a second glazing unit;
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- a door comprising a third glazing unit, the door being arranged between the first sidelight panel and the second sidelight panel;
- wherein the first glazing unit, the second glazing unit and the third glazing unit each have a curved edge and the curved edges appear to lie on a single circle that has a diameter that is less than a width of the entryway unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.