Two-piece mullion reinforcement

A window assembly including adjacent first and second windows each having a frame and being connected by a reinforcing mullion comprising, in combination:

• (a) an elongated first window frame portion;
• (b) an elongated second window frame portion;
• and
• (c) a mullion reinforcement comprising a first member, fastenable to said first window frame portion, and including at least one pilot formed on a surface of said first member and facing outwardly of said first window frame portion, and a first portion of a latch and a first portion of a catch;
• and a second member, fastenable to second window frame portion and including at least one pilot receptacle farmed on a surface of said second member and facing outwardly of said second window frame portion and engagable with said at least one pilot when said first window frame portion is assembled to said second window frame portion so as to form said window assembly, said second member including a second portion of a catch and a second portion of a latch that are complementary to said first portion of a latch and said first portion of a catch so that when said first window frame is assembled to said second frame said first member and said second member cooperate to form a latch and a catch.

A mullion reinforcement for use in forming an assembly of windows comprising:

• a first member, fastenable to a portion of a first window frame, including;
• at least one pilot formed on a surface of said first member;
• a first portion of a latch;
• a first portion of a catch;
• and
• a second member, fasten able to a portion of a second window frame, including at least one pilot receptacle formed on a surface of said second member and engagable with said at least one pilot when said first window frame is assembled to said second window frame wherein said second member includes a second portion of a latch that is complementary to said first portion of a latch so that when said first window frame is assembled to said second frame said first member and said second member cooperate to form a latch and further wherein said second member includes a second portion of a catch that is complementary to said first portion of a catch so that when said first window frame is assembled to said second window frame said first member and said second member cooperate to form a catch.