Window framing system
AssigneeAmerican Development Group International, LLC
InventorMurray L. Neal
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Abstract
Pieces that are components of a frame for a window having a threat side and a safe side include a base and a pressure plate that together form part of one of a sill section, a head section, and a jamb section of the window. The base and pressure plate are elongated in a longitudinal direction. The base has (1) an L-shaped cross-section at a near portion of the base to receive an end of a glazing unit from the threat side of the window, and (2) a first pocket formed in a far portion of the base and running in said longitudinal direction. The rear portion is closer to the threat side than the far portion. The pressure plate is to be assembled with the base so as to secure the glazing unit in the corner. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims16
A window framing system, comprising:
- a plurality of pieces that are components of a frame for a window having a threat side and a safe side, wherein the pieces include a base and a pressure plate that together form part of one of a sill section, a head section, and a jamb section of the window;
- the base and pressure plate being elongated in a longitudinal direction;
- the base having (1) an L-shaped cross-section at a near portion of the base to receive an end of a glazing unit from the threat side of the window, (2) a first pocket formed in a far portion of the base and running in the longitudinal direction, the first pocket having a first opening formed through a side of the base which is opposite a side dimensioned to receive the end of the glazing unit and that is dimensioned to receive an L-shaped base angle piece such that a first perpendicular segment of the base angle piece is positioned within the first pocket and a second perpendicular segment extends outside of the first pocket, and wherein the near portion being closer to the threat side than the far portion, and (3) a second pocket formed in a middle portion of the base, between the L-shaped section and the first pocket, the second pocket running in the longitudinal direction and having a second opening formed through the side of the base dimensioned to receive the end of the glazing unit, and running the entire length of the second pocket;
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- the pressure plate to be assembled with the base so as to secure the glazing unit in the corner.
A method for assembling a window, comprising:
- inserting a base anchor angle into a first pocket of a base for a sill section of the window, wherein the base anchor angle has an elongated shear block with an L-shaped cross-section whose first segment is inserted lengthwise into the first pocket;
- joining a base for a jamb section of the window with the base of the sill section;
- setting first and second ends of a glazing unit from a threat side of the window into respective corners of L-shaped sections of the sill and jamb bases;
- setting first and second pressure plates against the glazing unit, with a plurality of holes in each pressure plate being aligned with a plurality of holes in a respective L-shaped section of the sill and jamb bases;
- applying a plurality of fasteners to the plurality of holes in the pressure plates to secure the glazing unit in said corners;
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- anchoring the window to a side of a support structure of a building, by applying a plurality of fasteners to a plurality of holes in a second segment of the elongated shear block having an L-shaped cross section, wherein the second segment extends outside of the first pocket in a direction parallel to the side of the support structure and the threat side of the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.