Patents by Inventor Chris Graetsch

Chris Graetsch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11692390
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, INC.
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Patent number: 11585122
    Abstract: A shootbolt system for a fenestration assembly, such as a sliding patio door system, includes a chassis mountable to a stile of a sliding panel of the fenestration assembly, and a shootbolt slidably coupled to the chassis. The shootbolt is designed to be coupled to a corner drive system of the sliding panel for movement therewith upwardly or downwardly along the stile in response to an applied actuation force, such as from an operator handle. When extended, the shootbolt engages a receiver or stop mounted to the frame to prevent the sliding panel from rebounding when an adjacent second sliding panel is slidably moved to a closed position in contact with the sliding panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, INC.
    Inventors: Shane Meyer, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Patent number: 11549534
    Abstract: A fastener system for securing a panel to a frame comprises one or more rotating fasteners installed in the perimeter edge of the panel. In operation, one or more cam surfaces of the fastener engage receiving surfaces of a receiver on the frame such that, upon rotation of each fastener, the panel is drawn toward the frame. In some embodiments, the panel is moved in a first direction parallel to the panel and a second direction perpendicular to the panel or in a composite diagonal direction inclined relative to the panel. The fastener system may facilitate compression of seals disposed along the perimeter edge of the panel and between a side of the panel and rabbet ledge of the frame and may further facilitate removal and maintenance of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Meyer, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla, Philip Perkins
  • Publication number: 20220220800
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: JELD-WEN, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Patent number: 11319747
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Publication number: 20210071471
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Patent number: 10844655
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: JELD-WEN, INC.
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Publication number: 20200200202
    Abstract: A fastener system for securing a panel to a frame comprises one or more rotating fasteners installed in the perimeter edge of the panel. In operation, one or more cam surfaces of the fastener engage receiving surfaces of a receiver on the frame such that, upon rotation of each fastener, the panel is drawn toward the frame. In some embodiments, the panel is moved in a first direction parallel to the panel and a second direction perpendicular to the panel or in a composite diagonal direction inclined relative to the panel. The fastener system may facilitate compression of seals disposed along the perimeter edge of the panel and between a side of the panel and rabbet ledge of the frame and may further facilitate removal and maintenance of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Shane Meyer, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla, Philip Perkins
  • Publication number: 20200199912
    Abstract: A shootbolt system for a fenestration assembly, such as a sliding patio door system, includes a chassis mountable to a stile of a sliding panel of the fenestration assembly, and a shootbolt slidably coupled to the chassis. The shootbolt is designed to be coupled to a corner drive system of the sliding panel for movement therewith upwardly or downwardly along the stile in response to an applied actuation force, such as from an operator handle. When extended, the shootbolt engages a receiver or stop mounted to the frame to prevent the sliding panel from rebounding when an adjacent second sliding panel is slidably moved to a closed position in contact with the sliding panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Shane Meyer, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
  • Publication number: 20200190896
    Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla