Frame With Closure Feature Patents (Class 49/504)
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Patent number: 11976511Abstract: A window system includes a frame, a glazing assembly held within the frame and including a glass stop attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the glass stop to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame, and a thermal dampening device positioned within the air pocket and defining one or more discrete cavities.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Arconic Technologies LLCInventors: Stephen Montz, Ion-Horatiu Barbulescu
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Patent number: 11971206Abstract: A home appliance includes a refrigerator including a panel assembly. The panel assembly includes: a first panel formed of a glass material; a second panel spaced apart from the first panel and formed of a glass material; a plurality of spacers provided between the first panel and the second panel so as to maintain a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and arranged to be spaced apart from each other; a sealing member disposed between the first panel and the second panel for sealing a space between the first panel and the second panel; an exhaust hole provided in at least one of the first panel and the second panel so as to discharge air such that the space between the first panel and the second panel becomes a vacuum insulation space; and a cover member covering the exhaust hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Soyoon Kim, Eunsoo Yang, Joonghan Son, Sangho Park
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Patent number: 11959330Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat insulation and support structure between a moving window (sliding window) and a fixed window constituting a sliding window system, or between a moving window and another moving window. More particularly, the present invention relates to a window chassis insulating structure and a glass panel supporting (mounting) structure including technical improvements in a center bar portion in which a window chassis of a movable window and a fixed window (or other movable window) overlap each other when a sliding window of a two-side supporting frame window having a two-sided supporting frame for supporting only both sides of a glass window constituting a sliding window system, is closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FILOBE CO., LTD.Inventor: Kwang-Seog Lee
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Patent number: 11952099Abstract: Aircraft window assemblies and methods. The aircraft window assemblies comprise a window frame configured to support a window pane on an aircraft skin about a window aperture defined in an aircraft skin. The window frame includes a base formed of a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite and at least one overmolded feature molded to the base. The base defines a central aperture and includes circumferential flange portion configured to support the base on the aircraft skin surrounding the window aperture and a skirt portion extending inwardly from the circumferential flange portion and surrounding the central aperture. The skirt portion is non-planar with the circumferential flange portion and comprises a support surface for the window pane. The methods comprise forming the window frame, which comprises stamp-forming the base of the window frame from a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite sheet and overmolding the at least one overmolded feature to the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Gabriela DeFrancisci
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Patent number: 11933101Abstract: A window for a grain trailer, having an oval-shaped stem with a perimeter to fit within a hole of a grain trailer having similar size and shape, the perimeter substantially uniform throughout a length of the window, an integrally-formed flange on one end of the stem, the flange having a perimeter that extends outwardly from the perimeter of the stem, a groove adjacent an end of the window and having a perimeter that extends inwardly from the perimeter of the stem. a bracket to fit within the groove and against an inside wall of the grain trailer to prevent the window from sliding out of the grain trailer, a compressible seal against a surface of the flange that faces toward the groove and seals the hole of the grain trailer such that dust and other particles cannot ingress into an interior of the grain trailer.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Jet Co. Inc.Inventors: Leon Heider, Scott Heider, Ross Heider, Kevin Heider, Benjamin F. Nedved
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Patent number: 11859441Abstract: A fenestration unit includes a frame corner key that includes a corner key fluid outlet and a cladding having an aperture for the corner key fluid outlet. The fenestration unit also includes a weep drainage system with a fluid path defined from the frame corner key, through the corner key fluid outlet, and through the aperture to drain from the fenestration unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Shane Michael Meyer
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Patent number: 11859437Abstract: A window attachment system for attaching a window to an opening in a building includes a male portion and a female portion. One of the male portion and the female portion is attached to one of the outer perimeter of the window frame or the inner perimeter of the opening in the building. The other of the male portion and the female portion is attached to the outer perimeter of the window frame or the inner perimeter of the opening in the building. The male portion is engaged with the female portion when the window is placed into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Seth Poundstone
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Patent number: 11832740Abstract: A frame for a refrigerated enclosure including a main frame member, a backing member, and a contact plate. The main frame member includes a base, a middle wall, and a forward flange. The backing member and the contact plate are coupled to the main frame member. The backing member includes a rear leg that couples on the rear wall of the base of the main frame member and an interior leg that couples on the interior wall of the base of the main frame member. The interior leg and the rear leg each include a thermal insulating portion. The interior leg includes a front portion that couples with the contact plate. The thermally insulating portions of the interior leg and the rear leg can be integral to one another and form an L-shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Anthony, Inc.Inventors: Juan Pablo Ramirez, Juan Francisco Flores
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Patent number: 11821255Abstract: A door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
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Patent number: 11788341Abstract: A frame system for securing a glazing unit to a window portal includes an elongated primary mount extrusion, an elongated mount stop extrusion, an elongated first gasket, an elongated second gasket and a structural sealant. The primary mount extrusion is secured to the window portal. A mount stop extrusion engages the primary mount extrusion with a pair of ratcheting members. The first gasket and the second gasket define a passage therebetween and the passage has a width so that the glazing unit fits therein. A structural sealant is disposed so as to affix the glazing unit to an inner upper surface of the primary mount extrusion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Window Film Depot, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Franson, Mark Meshulam
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Patent number: 11781370Abstract: A sliding door or window system includes a track. The track includes an outer housing; an inner housing within the outer housing; a guide body provided with the inner housing and configured to guide a sliding movement of a door or a window; and at least one adjustable body that is provided on the outer housing, at least partially within the inner housing, and fixed with respect to the inner housing in a vertical direction, the at least one adjustable body configured to change a height of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing by rotating, such as to change a height of the guide body.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GOLDBRECHT LLCInventor: Marcel Fontijn
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Patent number: 11732501Abstract: A locking system that has an opening in a door adapted and arranged for receiving a lock bolt and a lock fixed in a wall for actuating a lock bolt adapting and arranged for being received by the opening in the door when the door is closed. Alternatively, the locking system is mounted on the exterior of the detention cell door and the adjacent exterior cell wall. The locking system further comprises a blocking strip protruding from a door jamb, the strip coupled to the door jamb, the strip coupled to the door jamb and positioned adjacent the lock bolt for blocking access to the lock bolt between the door and the doorjamb. The locking system further comprises a system for monitoring and reporting the status of a detention cell door, the lock bolt, and the roller bolt.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Willo Products Company, LLCInventors: Lynn D. Ozier, David Wood, Brian Terry, Matt P. Heinrich, Brian S. Foss
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Patent number: 11680441Abstract: A security unit protects a glazing unit supported by a window frame The window frame defines a void that is in communication with an air space through external air vents. The window frame has a side panel that defines side panel holes. The security unit includes a security panel that is spaced apart from the glazing unit to define an air cavity and is secured to a vertical tubular bar that is secured to a side panel of the window frame. The vertical tubular bar defines a passage therethrough in communication with the air cavity through air cavity vents and defines passage holes aligned the side panel holes. Air circulates from the air cavity to the air space through the air cavity vents, the passage holes, the side panel holes and external air vents.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Impact Security, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Franson, Ian Bannister, Thomas Moore
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Patent number: 11655664Abstract: A door unit in kit form includes a partially preassembled split doorjamb assembly, a door, and extensions. The partially preassembled split doorjamb assembly includes first and second side bases substantially parallel to one another and a header base substantially perpendicular to and interconnecting the first and second side bases. The door is arranged within a space defined by the first and second side bases and the header base of the partially preassembled split doorjamb assembly so that the door, the first and second side bases, and the header base collectively establish a cavity. The first and second side extensions and a header extension are unassembled with respect to and connectable lengthwise to the first and second side bases and the header base, respectively. The extensions may be stowed within the cavity and/or stored on outer surfaces of the bases.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventors: David Toll, Roldan Vazquez
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Patent number: 11644233Abstract: A refrigerator supporting rod for installing lighting device has a rod body, the rod body having an inner side surface facing toward the refrigerator and an outer side surface back toward the refrigerator, a heat insulating layer is provided between the inner side surface and the outer side surface, the inner side surface is provided with a lamp mounting groove extending in the longitudinal direction. According to the refrigerator supporting rod for installing lighting device, a lamp can be installed in an embedded mode to integrate the two, so that the probability of touching the lamp is reduced, and the likelihood of damage is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Ji, Zhaoyong Zheng
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Patent number: 11634940Abstract: There is included an intermediate element including one or more, but not necessarily limited to, an L-shaped profiled portion configured to receive a part of a panel of a door or window, a pad configured to be fit into at least one frame part and comprising a support strip groove, and an intermediate element extended from the L-shaped portion to the pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: GOLDBRECHT LLCInventor: Marcel Fontijn
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Patent number: 11634941Abstract: Window for outdoor settings, which comprises a movable wing provided with a first support frame hinged to a second support frame of a fixed framework by means of a hinging system, so that, when the movable wing is closed, the two frames define two opposite perimeter faces delimiting a slit. The window comprise a first perimeter gasket fixed to one of the two opposite perimeter faces, acting against the other perimeter face, and placed at an internal opening of the slit in order to conceal from view the hinging system of the window. The window further comprises a second perimeter gasket fixed to one of the two opposite perimeter faces, acting against the other perimeter face, and placed at an intermediate position between the internal opening and an external opening of the slit.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Uniform S.P.A.Inventor: Franco Tenzon
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Patent number: 11634944Abstract: A door assembly and a frame member for a door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member including a storage compartment. The frame member may include a core; and a top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The top piece may be a two-piece top piece and may include hollow cavities. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
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Patent number: 11619090Abstract: A composite fenestration assembly having one or more sub-assemblies including at least one glazing border constructed of a first material and a rigid overlay constructed of a second material to cover and protect an exposed surface of the glazing border while maintaining narrow sight lines and providing an architecturally pleasing exterior appearance.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Steelworks Etc. Inc.Inventor: Robin W. Shattuck
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Patent number: 11527872Abstract: A door support system is provided for an enclosure of an electrical distribution system. The door support system includes a rail fixedly secured to a door panel of the enclosure. The rail includes at least one notch. The door support system also includes a support member mounted to a frame of the enclosure. The support member is slidably mounted to the rail such that the support member slides along a length of the rail between an extended position and a retracted position. The extended position of the support member supports the door panel in an open position. The support member is in the retracted position when the door panel is in a closed position. The support member includes a detent configured to be received into the notch of the rail to releasably lock the support member in the extended position along the length of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: The Durham Co.Inventors: Alva Glen Pruitt, Kenneth J. Driver, Bobby D. Dixon, Jason T. Derrickson
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Patent number: 11391083Abstract: A composite fenestration assembly having one or more sub-assemblies including at least one glazing border constructed of a first material and a rigid overlay providing a structural framework for the glazing border while maintaining narrow sight lines and providing an architecturally pleasing exterior appearance.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Steelworks Etc. Inc.Inventor: Robin W. Shattuck
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Patent number: 11377900Abstract: The present invention relates to a door frame, particularly a door frame for a pre-hung door assembly, which is foldable to minimize storage space and to allow for enhanced logistic efficiencies. The door frame contains parallel, spaced apart, vertical jambs and a horizontal header connecting the top ends of the jambs. Each of the jambs and the horizontal header contains a front section and back section that are hingedly joined so that then can be folded on to each other. The hingedly joined front and back sections allow the door fame to be foldable to minimize space occupied during storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventors: Patrick C. Ege, Roldan Vazquez, William W. Kling
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Patent number: 11299207Abstract: An impact beam having a bent structure is provided. The impact beam is mounted at a lateral portion of each door in a vertical direction of a vehicle body and supports the door in the vertical direction. An upper end of the impact beam extends to support a roof panel and a lower end of the impact beam extends to a lower roller mounting portion. The impact beam is bent in an L shape and a T shape based on a curvature of the door.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Steel CompanyInventors: Je-Won Choi, Yeung-Mo Choi, Jeong-Real Kim, Kyoung-Su Jin, Baek-Gu Kang, Ji-Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11015000Abstract: A door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
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Patent number: 10876347Abstract: Rotating door systems and methods for rotating a plurality of rotatable doors between a closed position and an open position are provided. Each of the rotatable doors may have a height measured in a vertical direction between opposing horizontal edges, a width measured in a horizontal direction between opposing vertical edges, and an axis of rotation centrally located between the opposing vertical edges. The rotatable doors may be rotatably coupled to an upper support at the axis of rotation via an upper pivot shaft and rotatably coupled to a lower support at the axis of rotation via a lower pivot shaft. The rotatable doors may be at least partially transparent. The rotation of one or more of the rotatable doors may be controlled by a controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James Andrus, Ed Wright, James McGrath, Marco Albertini, Brent Gordon, Hilton Perry
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Patent number: 10801248Abstract: A door assembly and a frame member for a door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The top piece may be a two-piece top piece and may include hollow cavities. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
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Patent number: 10745960Abstract: A first section is in facing contact with an exterior surface of a building. A second section is bent to extend exteriorly from the exterior surface at 90 degrees from the first section. A third section is bent at 90 degrees from the second section. A fourth section is bent at 180 degrees from the third section. A portion of the fourth section is in facing contact with the third section. A fifth section extends laterally and interiorly from the fourth section at an acute angle. A sixth section extends laterally from the fifth section parallel with the first and third and fourth sections. A seventh section is bent to extend interiorly at 90 degrees from the sixth section.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: John B. Hutchins
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Patent number: 10718151Abstract: A door assembly and a frame member for a door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The top piece may be a two-piece top piece and may include hollow cavities. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Endura Products, Inc.Inventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
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Patent number: 10711514Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be directed towards a male and female gasket coupling for securing adjacent window frames. In accordance with the present disclosure, the male gasket may comprise a head portion that creates a seal inside a cavity of the female gasket. The female gasket may further be enabled to collapse on itself as it engages a surface of the male gasket. The seal may be maintained when the male and female gaskets move toward each other or when the male and female gaskets move away from each other due to fluctuations in temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: MATREX WINDOW SYSTEM INC.Inventors: Norman Koster, Angelo Forgione
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Patent number: 10563449Abstract: Provided herein are thermal break structural members for use in fenestration assembly products. In some embodiments, the thermal break structural member is monolithic with an infill retainer, being designed to bear a structural load while maintaining the overall integrity and thermal performance of the conjoint fenestration unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventor: Gregory Blake McKenna
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Patent number: 10337233Abstract: Window assemblies and methods for making window assemblies are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the window assembly can include a base frame assembly, an accessory support frame assembly, and an exterior accessory frame assembly. The base frame assembly is connected to and supported by the accessory support frame. The accessory support frame can be attached to a building structure via a first plurality of fasteners. The exterior accessory frame assembly, which provides much of the exterior aesthetic appearance of the window assembly, can be connected to the accessory support frame via a second plurality of fasteners which are concealed from view by the exterior accessory frame. In one example, the accessory members conceal the first plurality of fasteners once the exterior accessory assembly is connected to the base frame assembly. Many different styles of exterior accessory frames can be supported by the accessory support frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Sierra Pacific IndustriesInventor: Scott D. Albrecht
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Patent number: 10309150Abstract: A weather seal that inserts into a gap between glazing panels has an H-shape with a snap-on female receiver at either end for receiving a tongue extending from a structure at one end and a cap tongue in the other. A web extending between a pair of walls provides a weather barrier and allows the walls to flex enabling the snap-on action. A pair of sealing fins and a pair of bulbs extend laterally from the H-shape, bridging the gap to exclude weather infiltration. The second receiver is covered by extensions joined at a slit permitting the weather seal to be used without a cap. Alternatively, the cap may be affixed to the weather seal by pushing a cap tongue through the slit and into engagement with the second receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Arconic Inc.Inventors: Gregory Blake McKenna, Jeffrey Scott Dolby, Christopher Robert Hartwell
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Patent number: 10280677Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a universal window frame assembly. A window frame assembly can include a plurality of frame members, wherein at least one of the frame members comprises a first profile frame member and at least one of the other frame members comprises a second profile frame member. The at least one first profile frame member and the at least one second profile frame member seat together to form the frame assembly. Head and side jamb members of a window frame can have a common first profile, and a sill jamb member can have a second profile. The frame members can be connected with corner keys configured to engage one or more openings in the first and second profiles. The sill jamb member can provide a sill slope angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: James Hardie Technology LimitedInventors: Cordell R. Burton, Thomas Evan Harris
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Patent number: 10253555Abstract: A shutter assembly includes a shutter panel with a first and a second stile, each stile having a front stile-face and a rear stile-face. The shutter panel also includes a first and a second rail, the rails extending between the stiles, each rail comprising a front rail-face and a rear rail-face. In addition, the shutter assembly includes a stile bisection plane passes midway between the front and rear stile-faces, and a rail bisection plane passes midway between the front and rear rail-faces. The rail bisection plane is offset from the stile bisection plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Houston Shutters LLCInventors: Michael Blackburn, Jennifer Baur
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Patent number: 10227794Abstract: A door plate provides better safety and security. The plate cannot be kicked in or provide access to a door to be picked. The door plate, in conjunction with a doorjamb, makes one strong unit. The door plate wraps the vulnerable area of the doorjamb with its steel property thus becomes more impervious to splitting the edge of the doorjamb or any part of the protected area of the wrapping. A unique connection in the door plate provides further structural strength and avoids safety hazards when opening and entering a door.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Inventor: Paul T. Martin, Jr.
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Patent number: 10178917Abstract: In a refrigerated display case having an interior volume that is accessed through a door panel being opened from a doorframe, a frame cover is included that may reduce condensation or the power required to avoid condensation on a door panel. The frame cover is formed of a non-metallic material that provides a thermal break. The frame cover may also be formed with air pockets to further enhance the thermal break. Moreover, it may be formed to attach with an interference fit and thereby avoid fasteners. Other embodiments and features are presented.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLCInventors: Saikiran Thoutam, Rahul Gokhale, Santosh Nerur, Ajay Chidambaram Pillai Swornalatha, Vinod Kunchala, Revanth Muppala
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Patent number: 10124743Abstract: A wall guard, monument, and vehicle are provided. The wall guard includes a retaining rail that is mountable to a wall surface of a monument in a vehicle. The retaining rail includes opposing edges that include outward-facing retention lips. A rub strip includes a resilient body and also includes a third lengthwise edge and a fourth lengthwise edge. The third lengthwise edge includes a first inward-facing retention tab and fourth lengthwise edge includes a second inward-facing retention tab. The inward-facing retention tabs engage the respective outward-facing retention lips to attach the rub strip to the retaining rail. The wall guard also includes end caps arranged at ends of the resilient body and the retaining rail. The end caps include an exterior profile that matches a profile of the rub strip. The end caps cover the ends of the rub strip and the retaining rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Sougand Talebpour, Roland Mair, Russell W. Keck, Tomas Armenta, Paul T. Bridgeman, Franco M. Cagnina, Harold Erickson
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Patent number: 10106232Abstract: A fastening assembly of a fire door to a bulkhead includes a shaped frame, to which is hinged the door, which includes a first bracket facing at least in part a first side surface of the bulkhead, and a primary flange, mechanically connected to the first bracket. The fastening assembly has a subframe, which in turn includes a second bracket, parallel to the first bracket and facing a second side surface of the bulkhead, and at least one secondary flange, mechanically connected to the second bracket. At least one joint mutually connects the frame and the subframe, to retain the bulkhead between the first and the second bracket mutually facing, without engaging simultaneously the bulkhead the portion of the first bracket facing the first side surface and the portion of the second bracket facing the second side surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: CENTRO PER GLI STUDI DI TECNICA NAVALE-CETENA S.p.A.Inventors: Matteo Codda, Andrea Pullara, Francesco Cestineto
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Patent number: 10060128Abstract: A mullion-transom structure includes a support profile upon which two grooves are provided on one side. A sealing strip is fixed on each of grooves. A filling element is held at an edge on each of the sealing strips and a middle groove, on which at least one fastener for holding a pressure strip is fixed, secures the two filling elements. The middle groove has groove walls that are accommodated between the sealing strips. A contact plane of the filling elements on the sealing strips is arranged closer to the pressure strip than the groove walls of the middle groove. The middle groove has a groove base, at which a hollow chamber is formed on the side facing away from the groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SCHUECO INTERNATIONAL KGInventors: Emal Ander, Peter Molitor, Andre Stockhausen
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Patent number: 10036192Abstract: A composite reinforced mull post is disclosed for use in an entryway assembly. The mull post may engage a door on one side and a side light window on the other side. The mull post may comprise a one or two-piece outer portion and one or more internal reinforcing members. The outer portion may comprise a plurality of interlocking pieces. A first internal reinforcing member may be formed of engineered material such as a wood laminate, and a second reinforcing member may comprise a channel that extends partially around the first reinforcing member. The reinforcing member may include orthogonal portions conterminously received within a correspondingly shaped central chamber formed by the housing formed by the joined interlocking pieces. The reinforcing member may include an upper wood portion and a lower durable portion, connected end to end by a glued finger joint.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: PLASTPRO 2000, INC.Inventors: Shirley Wang, Sungtse Lin
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Patent number: 10017980Abstract: A system for mulling a plurality of fenestration assemblies in an opening includes a first fenestration assembly having a top surface and a first groove extending therein and a second fenestration assembly having a top surface and a second groove extending therein. A mull connector operatively connects the first fenestration assembly and second fenestration assembly together. A sealing cap is positioned on top of the mull connector and includes a first portion positioned on a first side of a line groove line defined by the first groove and the second groove, and a second portion positioned on the second opposite side of the line groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: MILGARD MANUFACTURING INCORPORATEDInventors: Melvin Saunders, Michael Kuneman
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Patent number: 9995080Abstract: A door jamb configured to provide a flush in-swing door when viewed in the direction of door in-swing.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Studco Building Sytems US, LLCInventors: Gordon Stevens, James Rowden, Ian Rowden
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Patent number: 9909353Abstract: An adjustable sill pan system that can be adjusted in the field to fit any type of entryway, while maintaining a moisture-tight seal between parts of the sill pan system, by virtue of a complementary gasket having slots that receive the entirety of an open edge of another part of the sill pan system.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Inventor: Robert Hendricks
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Patent number: 9856660Abstract: The invention relates to the field of home decoration, in particular to a home plate connecting device, which includes a plate and plate connecting piece, a glass and plate connecting piece, a plate bottom edge and ground connecting piece, a decorative plate and plate connecting piece, a doorframe and wall connecting piece and a plate chamfer connecting piece, wherein each of the connecting pieces is provided with a rubber barbed tenon structure and a mortise structure with a barbed accommodation groove. According to the invention, the mortise and tenon structures and a threaded connection manner are adopted for fixation, so that the device can be freely dismounted and conveniently packaged and transported; each part is matched, and is easy to position, so that mounting and dismounting working efficiency is improved; and the dismounted parts are prevented from damage, and are high in reutilization rate, so that the device can be widely applied to the field of home mounting and decoration.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Inventors: Jihong Yin, Yongkang Zhao, Xiaochen Hu, Yunqi Zhao
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Patent number: 9803413Abstract: A door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Inventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
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Patent number: 9797127Abstract: Example weather barrier apparatus are disclosed herein. An example weather barrier apparatus includes a support structure having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end, where the first end is to couple to a wall and the second end is movable relative to the first end. A seal is pivotally coupled to the second end of the support structure to define a pivot axis. The seal has a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion spaced from the first sealing portion. The first sealing portion is to engage a rear edge of a vehicle and the second sealing portion is to engage a surface of the vehicle spaced from the rear edge of the vehicle when the vehicle is in engagement with the seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: RITE-HITE-HOLDING CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Digmann, Leif Kniese, Rudolf Bannasch
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Patent number: 9725946Abstract: A low-profile cladding system that can be readily applied to doors, windows, fixed light openings, or curtain walls where thermal performance is important. The cladding system utilizes a cladding member in combination with an L-shaped bracket to attach and secure the cladding member to a frame or sash. The cladding member is held to the frame or sash by tension or pressure between opposite ends of the cladding member. This tension is created by the L-shaped bracket in combination with the cladding ends as the L-shaped bracket engages one cladding member end and is pivoted into an indentation, or recess, in the frame or sash. The other cladding member end engages a groove along the side of the frame or sash opposite to the indentation.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Inventor: Gregory A Header
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Patent number: 9689198Abstract: A window conduction heat shielding apparatus capable of shielding heat conducted from the outdoors in the summer season and efficiently conducting heat to the outdoors in the winter season in a window of a computer room, thereby reducing a load of air conditioning is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Takahiro Maeda
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Patent number: 9631407Abstract: An access door for insertion into an opening in a construction surface is provided. The access door has a frame for engagement with edges of the opening in the construction surface. The frame has a channel formed therein for receiving a thermally insulative material to provide a thermal break between the frame and the construction surface. A door is operatively coupled to the frame and movable between an open position allowing access through the opening in the construction surface and a closed position preventing access through the opening in the construction surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Maxam Metal Products LimitedInventors: David R. Wise, Kim Thomas Sefton Band
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Patent number: 9560939Abstract: A method for installing a wall jamb for a shower door panel of a showering enclosure includes placing a wall jamb on a shower door panel, the wall jamb having a plurality of legs configured to receive the shower door panel therebetween, a base connecting the plurality of legs such that the wall jamb is generally U-shaped, and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed at an exterior surface of the base, removing at least a portion of adhesive backing material of the pressure sensitive adhesive, and pushing the shower door panel toward a wall of the showering enclosure such that the pressure sensitive adhesive adheres to the wall of the showering enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Matthew Joseph Ball, Kyle Kragenbring