US 9,038,334 B2Granted

Water intrusion prevention method and apparatus

OwnerThomas Breninventor

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Abstract

A method and device are presented that creates a channel adjacent a nailing flange of a window in between the window and the rough opening that receives the window. The channel is created by establishing a barrier that prevents foam insulation inserted into the space between the window and the rough opening from reaching the nailing flange. The channel then ensures proper drainage of water that enters the window cavity down to the window sill. A gasket is presented that can be attached to the window or the rough opening to create the barrier. Alternatively, a disintegrating object or a wicking object can be used to impede the flow of insulation foam and to create the appropriate channel. The present invention is equally applicable to doors or other framed objects received into the exterior shell of a building.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method of installing a framed object having sides into a rough opening of a building, the method comprising:

a) inserting the framed object into the rough opening creating a space between the sides of the framed object and the rough opening, the framed object having a flexible barrier attached to a plurality of the sides of the framed object;
b) during the insertion step, creating contact between the rough opening and at least a first portion of the flexible barrier thereby causing the first portion of the flexible barrier to bend during insertion;
c) fixing the framed object in the rough opening so that the first portion of the flexible barrier remains in a bent position, whereby the flexible barrier extends into the space and divides the space into an external channel on an external side of the flexible barrier and an internal space on an internal side of the flexible barrier;
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d) after inserting the framed object into the rough opening, inserting foam into the internal space up to and abutting the flexible barrier, wherein the flexible barrier blocks the foam from filling the external channel.

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Facts

Application: 14/285,786Filed 23 May 2014 · continuation
Priority: 15 Oct 2004
Published: US 2014/0260012 A118 Sep 2014
Granted: 26 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

E06B 1/36
Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings: frames uniquely adapted for windows
E04B 1/66
Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor: sealings
E06B 1/04
Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings: frames for doors, windows, or the…
E06B 1/52
Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings: frames specially adapted for doors

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Application60/619,343Us provisional application · filed 15 Oct 2004
Application11/251,221Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Oct 2005
Application11/584,328Parent of this division · filed 18 Oct 2006
Application13/653,007Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Oct 2012
US 2014/0260012 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Sep 2014
US 8,745,939 B2Parent of this continuation
US 8,302,353 B2Parent of this division
Application13/653,007Parent of this division
Application11/584,328Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2006/0080902 A1Published application
US 2007/0056230 A1Published application
US 2013/0036687 A1Published application
US 9,038,334 B2This patent

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