US 9,328,513 B2Granted

Skylight and method of fabricating the same

AssigneeBellwether Design Technologies, LLC

InventorsMichael C. Maguire, William J. Wright, Brian J. Harrington

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Abstract

A skylight system including a support frame and an apex patch fitting that together support a plurality of glass pieces joined together in a selectable shape. The support frame includes a sill and a setting chair that are arranged to support the base portions of the glass pieces. The apex patch fitting may be of selectable shape and includes an upper and lower member to retain the peaks or corners of the glass therebetween. The apex patch fitting includes one or more positioning keys to align and secure the glass pieces. A method of making the skylights includes the use of an apex retainer tool to maintain the apex patch fitting in a fixed position while placing glass pieces on it. Multiple apex patch fittings can be used for a skylight, including a skylight that is ridge shaped or hipped ridge shape.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A patch fitting comprising:

a. an upper body;
b. a lower body;
and
c. one or more patch positioning keys that join together the upper body and the lower body, wherein the one or more patch positioning keys space the upper body from the lower body, wherein each of the one or more patch positioning keys includes an upper section and a lower section,
wherein the upper body and the lower body are of substantially the same shape and orientation with respect to one another and wherein the upper body and the lower body extend to cover an upper space and a lower space between adjacent pieces of glass,
wherein the lower section of each of the one or more patch positioning keys is configured so that it has opposites sides substantially in parallel with inner peak sections of peaks of the adjacent pieces of glass, and
wherein the upper body, the lower body and the one or more patch positioning keys structurally support the pieces of glass.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/688,375Filed 16 Apr 2015 · division
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: US 2015/0218825 A16 Aug 2015
Granted: 3 May 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

E04D 13/0305
Sky-lights; Domes; Ventilating sky-lights: supports or connecting means for sky-lights of flat or domed shape
E04D 13/032
Sky-lights; Domes; Ventilating sky-lights: supports or connecting means for sky-lights of vaulted shape
B32B 17/00
Layered products essentially comprising sheet glass, or glass, slag, or like fibres
E04D 3/08
Of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor: with metal glazing bars

Family

Application13/833,812Parent of this division · filed 15 Mar 2013
US 2015/0218825 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Aug 2015
US 9,045,905 B2Parent of this division
US 2014/0260006 A1Published application
US 9,328,513 B2This patent

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