Abstract: The present application relates to a disposable foldable eating utensil comprising: a body; a handle extending from the distal end of the body; and a bendable part formed between the body and the handle to be thinner than the other parts so as to allow the handle to be folded and unfolded, wherein the body comprises a protrusion protruding downward from the bottom surface of the distal end thereof, the protrusion comprises an engaging ledge protruding outward from the periphery thereof, and the handle comprises an extension piece extending at a predetermined thickness from the tip end thereof and having a through-hole passing through the upper surface and the bottom surface thereof.

Abstract: Tilt latch apparatus and sashes incorporating the same are described herein. The tilt latch apparatus tilt latch apparatus may provide a convenient mechanism for a user to release the tilt latches on a sash with one hand while controlling movement (e.g., rotation) of the sash with another hand.

Abstract: A window balance assembly for a tilt-in window comprising a bracket, a spring and a carrier. The first spring has a first portion engaging the bracket. The carrier has a vertical portion including a first slot, a first projection extending outwardly from a first side of the vertical portion, and a second attachment projection extending outwardly from a second side of the vertical portion. The first slot receives a pivot bar of the tilt-in window via a vertical drop-in installation. One of the first and second attachment protrusions engages the first portion of the spring. The horizontal portion includes an aperture rotatably engaging a cam between a first position and a second position. The cam has a second slot aligned with the first slot when the cam is in the first position allowing for the pivot bar to move between the first slot and the second slot.

Abstract: A sliding door with a sliding panel and a fixed panel allows for the sliding panel to pivot with respect to the fixed panel regardless of the position of the sliding panel and allows both the sliding panel and fixed panel to pivot with respect to an outer frame in which the panels are mounted when the sliding panel is fully open or nearly fully open without requiring a floor track. The sliding panel may move linearly with respect to the fixed panel and outer frame along the length of a header, and a guide bracket cooperatively engaged with the sliding panel may be partially positioned in a guide track formed in the fixed panel bottom rail. A floor plate may be secured to the floor surface adjacent the bottom end of a first jamb to provide support/stability to the panels.

Abstract: A latch is provided for use principally on a pivotal sash window of a double-hung sash window assembly. The latch comprises a latch-bolt slidably mounted within and biased relative to a housing, where the housing is mounted to the top rail of the sash window. The latch bolt is connected to a button for manual actuation of the latch bolt. The latch bolt, while maintaining the convenience and utility of a standard short throw latch, is contoured and designed to maintain engagement with the jam after the window has been deformed under high sustained wind loading typically experienced during extreme weather phenomena such as hurricanes and tornados. The engagement is assured in spite of twisting of the latch bolt within the corresponding opening in the jam.

Abstract: A sash window includes a support device disposed on a lower end portion of each sash and including a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the sash relative to a window frame, and a latch device disposed on an upper end portion of the sash for interlocking engagement with each jamb member to lock the sash in position against pivotal movement relative to the window frame. The window frame has a holder member for holding the pivot shaft in position against movement in inward and outward directions of the sash window when the sash is in a fully closed position. A first reinforcement member is mounted in at least one sash rail, and a second reinforcement member is mounted in a portion of each jamb member adapted for engagement with the latch device in the fully closed state of the sash, so as to indirectly reinforce the jamb member portion from inside the jamb member.

Abstract: A tilt in window with sashes movably mounted to the interior of the frame and inwardly pivotable. Each of the sashes is held within jamb channels by capture legs which overlap a portion of the interior side of the sashes to restrain the sashes from inward movement, when the window is normally closed. The sashes are movable within the jamb channels for a distance to permit sashes to be removed from being held by the retaining members. With such removal the sashes are able to be inwardly pivoted. In one embodiment, a bottom outwardly facing sill is sloped downward to prevent water accumulation with the sill being integrated with sloping jamb sections, in continuity with the sill. The frame has retention elements for snap in parallel placement of separate jamb members having channels with the capture legs for holding the sashes and channels for the counterbalance weights or springs.

Abstract: A sash window includes a support device disposed on a lower end portion of each sash and including a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting the sash relative to a window frame, and a latch device disposed on an upper end portion of the sash for interlocking engagement with each jamb member to lock the sash in position against pivotal movement relative to the window frame. The window frame has a holder member for holding the pivot shaft in position against movement in inward and outward directions of the sash window when the sash is in a fully closed position. A first reinforcement member is mounted in at least one sash rail, and a second reinforcement member is mounted in a portion of each jamb member adapted for engagement with the latch device in the fully closed state of the sash, so as to indirectly reinforce the jamb member portion from inside the jamb member.

Abstract: A latch for use in a window with a top sash and a bottom sash. The latch includes a housing with a bottom wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, and a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall between the opposed sidewalls. A top edge of each sidewall and a top edge of the rear wall define a first aperture, a front edge of each sidewall and a front edge of the bottom wall define a second aperture, the first aperture and the second apertures form a bolt aperture that opens into a bolt cavity. A pair of opposed guide rails depend inwardly from the top edges of the sidewalls. A bolt is slidably received by the housing, the bolt having a body with a nose, a top and a pair of opposed grooves, the grooves slidably receiving the guide rails. The body is slidably received in the bolt cavity between a first position in which the nose extends outwardly through the second aperture and a second position in which the nose is disposed entirely within the bolt cavity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for mounting one or more glazing panes or insulating glass units into a window sash frame member having spaced side walls joined by an inner facing frame surface with a spacing structure disposed on the frame surface. Glazing panes are placed against strips of adhesive sealant within the window sash frame. Folding glazing beads hingedly attached to the side or inner walls of the frame member are folded against the glazing panes to secure them to the window sash frame member and/or to cover the glazing pane edges.

Abstract: A dual function lock for use on a hung window is provided that includes a base, a handle and a tilt latch actuating mechanism. A tilt latch for use on a hung window is also provided. Furthermore, a tilt latch assembly including a lock, left and right latches and an extensible member is provided. Furthermore, a hung window and tilt latch assembly is provided.

Abstract: A double hung window assembly includes a rectangular frame formed by a pair of vertical jamb members connected by a horizontal sill member and a horizontal head member. Each of the members comprises a one-piece extrusion of rigid plastics material, and the members are rigidly connected with upper and lower welded mitered corner joints. The jamb and sill members have outer walls for the rough window opening and laterally spaced inner sloping walls which mate at the bottom corner joints. The jamb members also have inner channel walls spaced laterally inwardly of the corresponding sloping walls to define channels for receiving hardware for upper and lower sash frames each including extrusions of rigid plastics material.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for casement windows is shown. The hinge assembly includes a slide block for connection to the sash arm that includes a reinforcing plate that extends downward before extending upward and around the flange of the track overhang. A larger undercut portion is provided beneath the reinforcing plate for added clearance between the slide block and fasteners used to secure the track to the window sill. The hinge assembly also includes a pivot base which is pivotally connected to the shorter tie bar or toggle link. The position of the pivot base with respect to the track can be adjusted to compensate for sash sag. An additional hole is also provided to provide new anchorage in the case of a sash sag adjustment or additional anchorage for use in high wind areas. The pivot base also includes a quick disconnect retainer disposed beneath the pivot base and between the pivot base and the track and thereby hidden from plain view.

Abstract: An improved window arrangement is disclosed. The window arrangement has the appearance of a conventional sash and case window from external a building having it fitted. However, the window benefits from improved insulation and sealing on a second sash provided to the interior of the building. Importantly, the innermost sash has a seal around the main frame of the window in a single plane.

Abstract: A window including a frame, a side jamb liner, a sash, and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member includes a base portion mounted to a top surface of a check rail of the sash and an upright portion extending vertically from the base portion. The upright portion engages the rib of the side jamb liner when the side jamb liner is in a first position. The side jamb liner can be laterally displaced to a second position, where the rib will not engage the upright portion. The reinforcing member is made of a unitary piece of material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a double-hung window assembly having at least one sash slideably mounted within a frame. Elongate stops are secured along opposite sides of the slideable sash and are moveable between first positions interengaging a respective side of the frame and second positions free of engagement with the frame. When the stops are in their first positions, the sash is constrained to move in a linear path relative to the frame. When the stops are in their second position, the sash is free to pivot relative to the frame about pins or similar structure extending between the sash and the frame.

Abstract: A material used to fabricate sashes used by window assemblies. The material comprises a foam core covered by a cladding material. The foam core acts as a filler and provides insulation, while the cladding material protects the foam core from the environment and physical abuse. Often, a structural assembly or member is provided to stiffen the sash material. The cladding and structural assembly are placed into a mold and resin is injected into the mold between the cladding and the structural assembly. The resin cures to form the foam core. The foam core bonds the cladding and structural assembly together to form the sash material. The sash material is cut with woodworking tools to form a sash for a window assembly. The cladding is configured such that, when the window assembly is installed in a wall, interior vapor barrier material and exterior air barrier material applied to the wall overlap with the cladding material to reduce air flow through the wall around the window assembly.

Abstract: A window having a frame and at least one sash that is at least partially removable from the frame. The frame includes a sash opening and at least one sash engaging surface. At least one sash having at least one frame engaging surface is slidably mounted in the sash opening of the frame so that the frame engaging surface at least partially engages the sash engaging surface. At least one sash stop is mounted in the frame and is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The sash stop is structured to maintain the sash in position in the sash opening when the sash stop is in the extended position. The sash stop includes resilient means between the frame and the sash stop for urging the sash stop into the extended position. At least one latch is rotatably mounted on the sash and positioned adjacent to the sash stop. The latch is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the latch does not engage the sash stop.

Abstract: A tilt window assembly is modified to include a pair of adjustable braces for controlling wind resistance. Each of the braces includes a bracing block and an adjustable stop. The bracing block fits within a shoe channel in a jamb liner and forms a fixed brace between the front face of the jamb liner and a side wall of the shoe channel. The adjustable stop extends from the bracing block through a back face of the liner and bears against the window frame. The adjustable stop together with the bracing block forms an adjustable length brace between the front face of the liner and the window frame.

Abstract: A window assembly is disclosed which provides for automatic raising, lowering and locking of a window unit. The assembly includes a lower window frame having threaded holes in the side members thereof and an upper window frame having a motor mounted thereon. The motor drives a pair of vertical shafts that are threadably engaged within the threaded holes in the side members of the lower frame. Rotation of the vertical shafts causes relative movement of the upper and lower window frames, thereby opening and closing the window unit.

Abstract: Counterbalance mechanisms for a vertically movable sash have components extending downward within guides on which the sash moves. The guides can move laterally of the sash to allow the sash to tilt and be removed from the window, and the counterbalance components are arranged within the guides to accommodate such lateral movement. Slots in the guides accommodate interconnections between counterbalance components within the guides and the sash running vertically against outward surfaces of the guides, and these interconnections also allow lateral movement of the guides and tilting of the sash. The guides are mounted on window jambs by resilient elements that bias the guides into engagement with sash grooves and also accommodate lateral movement of the guides out of the sash grooves, to allow the sash to tilt.

Abstract: A double-hung window has auxiliary vertical frames mounted on respective left and right stiles of inner and outer sliding sash units without providing respective outer peripheries of rectangular stile-rail assemblies of the inner and the outer sliding sash units with frameworks wherein the inner and the outer sliding sash units are respectively constructed so as to be slidably moved up and down freely through the auxiliary vertical frames along inner and outer guide recesses formed, respectively, in the left and right vertical frame members of a window frame, so that the outer surfaces of the glasses attached to inner and outer sliding sashes can be readily cleaned, and that the weight of the inner and the outer sliding sashes can be reduced so as to reduce the resistance to sliding thereof, thereby enabling the inner and the outer sliding sashes to be slidably moved smoothly.

Abstract: Extruded frame elements include a pair of opposed parallel jambs, a sill, and a header. A selected pair of opposite frame elements each contain a longitudinal channel; and metal, beam-like reinforcing members within these channels. The other two frame elements may also have reinforcing members. The sill is stepless and has a generally uniform, inside-to-outside downward slope. An upward-projecting lip on the sill, and a downward-projecting lip on the lifting ledge of the lower rail, have engaging surfaces which limit the outward deflection of the lower rail under tornado (low pressure) conditions. A pair of wind load stop elements project into the window opening from the jambs, adjacent the outer surfaces of the stiles of the inner sash unit. The inner sash has a hurricane stop element on each of its stiles, projecting sideways, so as to engage the jambs and limit the inward deflection of the stiles under hurricane (high pressure) conditions.

Abstract: A toggle tilt latch for a tiltable window assembly which comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a window sash, a handle pivotally mounted to the base and a plunger operatively associated and movable with the handle. The plunger has a free end which protrudes from the base and engages the window frame when the window sash is in its normal vertical position. The plunger is retracted into the base by rotating the handle away from the base. This will allow the window sash to tilt inwardly relative to the window frame. The handle portion not only gives a ready visual indication of whether the plunger is retracted or not but also can be used as hand holds by a user to facilitate tilting of the window sash relative to the window frame.

Abstract: A retaining catch for a tip-out sash provides an automatically deployed retainer mechanism for a sash slidably captive in a window frame or jamb. The sash can be raised and lowered by sliding it along the jamb. A releasable tenon, for example at the top edge of the sash, allows the user to rotate the sash out of the plane of the jamb, facilitating cleaning of the outside. Releasing the sash from the jamb by releasing the tenon activates a mechanism with a distal hook by which the edge of the sash remains captive and displacement of the edge of the sash from the jamb is limited to the unfolded length of the mechanism. The mechanism can be released fully from the jamb by manual action of the user, whereupon the hook returns under spring bias to reside along the edge of the sash.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sash window comprising a window frame made of wood and in which are mounted glazed sashes, at least one being slidable. On each jamb of the window frame is mounted a track with two pairs of guiding projections, each pair of projections being received in corresponding grooves provided on the sash frames. The guiding projections allow the sliding sash to move by translation in the window frame. The sliding sash may also be tilted out of the window frame by pulling the sash for disengaging the guiding projections from the corresponding guide grooves. When tilted, the sash remains attached to the window frame by a pair of runners received in the tracks on the jambs of the window frame.

Abstract: A pre-assembled latch for mounting externally on the header of a pivotal sash window of a double-hung sash window assembly. The latch includes a housing having a spring-biased latch bolt normally providing a protruding bevelled formation for engaging a guide rail of the window assembly. The housing has depending spring clip means integral therewith for retaining the latch bolt operably assembled in the housing and the latch bolt has means cooperating with the housing for retaining the spring means in biasing association with the latch bolt.

Abstract: A window assembly having a window latch construction is disclosed. The window assembly comprises a window frame having parting bead mounted therein and a window sash having mounted thereon a parting bead cam rotatable from a first position to a second position. When the parting bead cam is in a first position, the window sash can slide vertically with respect to the window frame. When the parting bead cam is in a second position, the window sash can tilt angularly with respect to the window frame.

Abstract: A double-hung window pivot which eliminates the need for banding of the window during shipment and installation. The pivot includes a sliding member which has a bore perpendicular to a front surface thereof and a pivot button with a slot captively held in the bore which includes a retaining member adjacent a bottom surface thereof. A pivot bar is attached to the window sash and includes a projection sized to fit into the slot and has a slotted arrangement positioned to engage the retaining member. The projection is insertable into and removable from the slot only when the window sash is oriented with respect to the window frame in a position not used for vertical sliding movement or for pivoted cleaning of the window sash whereby the pivot bar and the pivot button are non-releasably connected together during normal shipment, installation and use of a window sash and frame employing the window pivot.

Abstract: In a window frame assembly having hollow frame members, a joint interconnecting the ends of two adjacent frame members is described. The joint includes a rabbeted miter cut and an anti rack and twist component. These features act synergistically to align and firmly joint adjacent frame members.

Abstract: A window sash is mounted for downward and inward tilting by a pair of grooved spools which project laterally into channels formed in the side jambs of the window. The grooves in the spools track along vertical ribs formed in the channels and normally move freely along the ribs to permit free up and down movement of the sash. When the sash is tilted downwardly and inwardly, the side walls of the spool grooves frictionally pinch the ribs to restrict up and down movement of the sash and to help stabilize the tilted sash.

Abstract: A tilting window sash having a lock pin intermediate the ends of the vertical stiles which supports perpendicular loads to prevent inward bowing of the sash and which automatically releases upon normal lifting and/or tilting of the sash.

Abstract: A window sash of a double-hung window assembly has framing members formed of extruded plastic material of one configuration providing a hollow formation extending therethrough and opening to the ends thereof. Support and connector members are installed internally of the framing members to form and rigidify the corner right angle butt joints therebetween. The support and connector members include internal latch means.

Abstract: A window assembly is formed of an inside facing vinyl extrusion portion and an outside facing aluminum extrusion portion which are interconnected by resilient snap-fit barb-like connectors integral with each extrusion, thus forming a composite type construction. The metal outside facing portion provides strength, durability and weather resistance; while the vinyl inside facing portion improves thermal insulation characteristics, reduces or eliminates sweating, and enables color, pattern, and other design aesthetics conveniently to be included in the window assembly. The window assembly may be virtually any type, such as the fixed light (window glass) type, sliding type, double hung type, picture type, etc.

Abstract: A latch for a pivotal window sash used in a double-hung window assembly. The latch is mounted internally in a sash frame member with its latch bolt protruding from the sash to engage in the guide rail of the master frame jamb of the window assembly. There is a finger manipulative control button external of the sash frame for releasing the bolt from said guide rail so that the window sash can be pivoted. The latch bolt is mounted under spring tension to maintain the bolt normally in a locked position.

Abstract: A window apparatus includes a jamb assembly and a pair of window frame assemblies which are capable of sliding relative to the jamb assembly for the purpose of opening and closing and also tilting inwardly to facilitate cleaning. Locking members are provided on the upper corners of each of the window frames. The locking members are lodged in slots formed in the window frames and project beyond the window frames to engage the jamb assembly and prevent tilting of the window frames. The locking members have a relatively low level of stress when the window apparatus is subjected to wind loads, thereby enabling the window apparatus to withstand relatively high wind loads encountered on the upper floors of large buildings.

Abstract: A tilt latch for a sliding window sash comprising a unitary molded plastic article including a base portion mountable on the top of a window sash, a body portion having a projecting nose for insertion in a channel of a window frame, and a narrow thin portion hingedly connecting the body to the base for enabling movement of the body between a closed position overlying the base and an open position. Two such latches are respectively mounted on opposite sides of a window sash; when the latch bodies are in the closed position, their noses are respectively received in vertical channels of the window frame for retaining the sash in the frame, while movement of the latch bodies to open position permits the sash to be tilted out of the frame. Each latch is provided with a manually releasable lock, such as a pin projecting from the base and received with interference fit in an opening of the body, for retaining the body in the closed position.

Abstract: A window construction comprising vertically slidable and tiltable sash members having means for positively maintaining the tiltable sash in a partially-tilted position.