Window assembly

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Filing Information

  • Patent Number: US3975881
  • Application Number: US5558128
  • Filing date: 03/13/1975
  • Issue date: 08/24/1976
  • Predicted expiration date: 03/13/1995
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  • U.S. Classifications: /524.98  · /49D.IG1  ·
  • International Classifications: E06B 354 ·
  • International Classifications: 49DIG. 1;501;504;425 ·
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Abstract

A window frame assembly comprising an exterior frame member, an interior frame member, cooperating locking means such as snap-in connectors integral with each of the frame members for locking the frame members together, a panel receiving channel partially defined by the exterior frame member, and a finish strip removably joined to the exterior frame member for completing the channel; the finish strip including an overlying portion which overlies a portion of the interior frame member and wherein the overlying portion is in noninterferring engagement with the interior frame member to permit separation thereof without disconnecting the interior and exterior frame members.

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  1. 1. A window frame assembly comprising: an exterior frame member including a plurality of walls defining three sides of a box-like structure as viewed in cross section; said walls including an outwardly facing wall, an outer wall for abutting a window opening in a structure, and an inner wall parallel to and spaced inwardly from said outer wall; an interior frame member including a closure wall for defining the fourth side of the box-like structure; cooperating locking means integral with each of said frame members for locking said frame members together and including a first pair of male and female snap-in members interconnecting said inner wall of said exterior frame member and said closure wall of said interior frame member; a panel-receiving channel partially defined by said exterior frame member; a locking channel formed in said inner wall of said exterior frame member adjacent said panel-receiving channel and adjacent said first pair of male and female locking members; and finish strip means removably joined to said exterior frame member for completing said panel-receiving channel; said finish strip means including a locking leg receivable within said locking channel, a base wall connected to said locking leg and extending away from said exterior frame member and in supported engagement with said wall of said interior frame member, a retainer wall generally parallel to and spaced inwardly from said base wall which terminates in a free edge completing said panel-receiving channel, and a connecting wall connecting said base wall and said retainer wall, said connecting wall being spaced from said locking leg and located in substantially the same plane as said closure wall of said interior frame member whereby a force path is established through said retainer wall, said connecting wall, and said base wall such that forces acting on said retainer wall react against said closure wall of said interior frame member.