Abstract: An impact resistant glass structure having three spaced apart panes wherein an outermost pane is a monolithic glass sheet, a center pane is a plastic sheet such as a polycarbonate, and an innermost pane is a laminated glass having an annealed glass layer and a film layer such as polyester, the glass structure militating against penetration of the vertical plane when impacted by a projectile such as may occur during a wind storm.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 12, 2003
Publication date:
June 16, 2005
Applicant:
Kensington Windows, Inc.
Inventors:
Craig Sherrett, Charles Wetmore, James Cosharek
Abstract: A replacement window having a window frame, the window frame having a window header, a window sill, a first frame jamb, and a second frame jamb, wherein the first frame jamb and the second frame jamb each connect the window header to the window frame and the window header, the window sill, and the first frame jamb and the second frame jamb define a window frame opening. A sash having a reinforced sash header may be movably positioned in the window frame opening. A reinforcement pin may be positioned adjacent to the reinforced first sash header of the sash, and a jamb retainer clip may be positioned adjacent to the first jamb, the jamb retainer clip defining a reinforcement pin orifice, wherein the reinforcement pin orifice receives the reinforcement pin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
October 12, 2004
Assignee:
Kensington Windows Inc.
Inventors:
Craig Sherrett, James Cosharek, Chuck Wetmore
Abstract: A replacement window having a window frame, the window frame having a window header, a window sill, a first frame jamb, and a second frame jamb, wherein the first frame jamb and the second frame jamb each connect the window header to the window frame and the window header, the window sill, and the first frame jamb and the second frame jamb define a window frame opening. A sash having a reinforced sash header may be movably positioned in the window frame opening. A reinforcement pin may be positioned adjacent to the reinforced first sash header of the sash, and a jamb retainer clip may be positioned adjacent to the first frame jamb, the jamb retainer clip defining a reinforcement pin orifice, wherein the reinforcement pin orifice receives the reinforcement pin.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2002
Publication date:
November 27, 2003
Applicant:
Kensington Windows Inc.
Inventors:
Craig Sherrett, James Cosharek, Chuck Wetmore