Frame With Closure Feature Patents (Class 49/504)
  • Patent number: 12264537
    Abstract: A cover arrangement for at least partially covering an opening includes an elongated support member, which is adapted to be arranged adjacent the opening, a plate-shaped cover adapted to be connected to the elongated support member in a way that, in a connected state, the plate-shaped cover projects from the elongated support member, and at least one connection element. The connection element and the elongated support member include complimentary shaped first engagement means so that the connection element may be rigidly connected to the elongated support member in an operative state. Further, the connection element and the plate-shaped cover include complimentary shaped pivot means so that the plate-shaped cover may be pivoted between a non-connected state and the connected state in relation to the elongated support member when the connection element is in its operative state in relation to the elongated support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BLINDSPACE AB
    Inventors: Anders Sundelin, Gaius Henry Guest
  • Patent number: 12215542
    Abstract: A smart entryway includes an entrance door assembly configured to allow users (e.g., residents) to enter and exit a first space (e.g., a residence) and a storage assembly configured to allow secondary users (e.g., deliverymen) in a second space (e.g., a porch) to store items for later retrieval by the users. A portion of the storage assembly may be optionally refrigerated or heated. A security assembly is provided between the entrance door assembly and the storage assembly. The security assembly includes an authentication device to authenticate users and secondary users and a locking device to unlock the storage assembly and the entrance door assembly upon authentication. The locking device is provided behind the authentication device and concealed from the second space. When a first door of the storage assembly accessible from the first space is opened, a second door of the storage assembly accessible from the second space is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunchul Kim, Kiyeal Seo
  • Patent number: 12196033
    Abstract: Modular components of modular door lite frame systems are disclosed. In some cases, a modular door lite frame system includes matching first and second modular frames, one or more modular male alignment members, and one or more modular female alignment members. In some cases, the modular alignment members can be coupled to modular frames of various sizes. In some cases, the modular components can be formed by casting ABS between no more than two opposed mold portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Jesse Charlton, Frank Ross Murray
  • Patent number: 12188265
    Abstract: The egress window assembly uses a three piece window frame design that allows an outer egress frame to be manually separated from the window assembly to provide emergency egress from the vehicle or structure. In addition to the egress window frame, the egress window assembly includes an egress window frame, an interior window frame, an exterior window frame and a release mechanism that detachably secures the egress frame to the exterior window frame. The release mechanism uses rotating handles on the interior window frames and internal slides bars that shift between the locked and unlocked positions that free the egress frame from the egress window assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventors: Gary A. Eck, John D. Black
  • Patent number: 12173554
    Abstract: Improved sliding window or sliding door with a leaf with a leaf frame that is composed of leaf profiles which each comprise two half-shells which are thermally connected to each other by an intermediate thermal insulator, whereby in the leaf frame a rebate is provided for a panel which is supported by one or more glazing bead supports in the rebate and whereby the leaf frame is supported by one or more roller cassettes with rollers, wherein at least one glazing bead support comprises a feed-through section for transmitting the weight of the panel or a part thereof to at least one concerned roller cassette and that this feed-through section extends through a bottom leaf profile of the leaf frame up to a roller cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: REYNAERS ALUMINIUM NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Ben Joossen, Stefan Vandervelden
  • Patent number: 12146366
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a frame for turn & tilt or projecting doors or windows, which achieves a minimalist exterior appearance with a central profile of 18 mm, wherein the offset of the alignment of the external glass with the internal glass is now used, creating a common central outer profile of 18 mm, and wherein the thermal and acoustic performance and the resistance to water, air and wind permeability are further improved. The frame, object of the present invention, is preferably made of aluminum with thermal break for the manufacture of doors and/or windows, it is applied in a door or window opening of a building and it consists essentially of at least one fixed rim (3) and at least one movable leaf (1) and at least one fixed leaf (4), wherein at least one movable leaf is glued to the glass (2) in all its perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BBG, S.A.
    Inventor: Hugo Miguel Machado Rainha
  • Patent number: 12123253
    Abstract: A configurable door system includes a first and second door panel, an astragal, and a frame. The frame defines a first axis and is configured to pivotally support the door panels in a first configuration of the door system and in a second configuration of the door system. The first door panel is disposed to one side of the second door panel along the first axis within the frame in both the first and second configurations. The door system, in the first configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the first door panel and releasably attaches the first door panel to the frame, and the second door panel is releasably secured to the astragal. The door system, in the second configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the second door panel and releasably attaches the second door panel to the frame, and the first door panel is releasably secured to the astragal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Andres Ortega, Pramod Kumar, Garrick Beat, Jacob Chan
  • Patent number: 12044057
    Abstract: A door pusher for a multi-rail sliding door is described. An example door pusher includes (i) a mounting portion secured to the at least one stile of the a sliding door panel using a fastener aligned with a sliding direction of the sliding door panel, and (ii) a bumper portion configured to contact an edge of an adjacent sliding door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wincore Window and Door Company, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Huddleston, Jimmie Dale Daniels, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12012799
    Abstract: A frame assembly, for use in window and door applications configured to retain a panel, comprising a frame with a cover assembly and a support assembly having a track assembly, and a sill assembly and a header assembly both interconnected to a securing surface. The cover assembly is interconnected to the support assembly. The sill assembly comprises a roller member disposed in supporting relation to the track assembly, and the header assembly is disposed in supporting relation to the support assembly so that the frame is movable relative to both the header assembly and the sill assembly. At least a portion of the frame comprises a predetermined thickness and a predetermined width. The predetermined thickness is substantially less than the predetermined width so that both cooperatively and concurrently enhance viewing through the panel and the frame's stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Bruno Salvoni
  • Patent number: 12006761
    Abstract: A panel frame (10) is provided, comprising a first profile (100) having a first structure (102) to support a first side (52) of an associated panel (50), and a second structure (104) to support an edge (56) of the same panel (50), and a second profile (200) being configured to connect to the first profile (100) and comprising a first structure (202) to support a second side (54) of the panel (50). The first profile (100) comprises at least one magnetic portion (120), such that a magnetic member (300) can be attached to the magnetic portion (120) in order to temporary clamp the panel (50) between the magnetic member (300) and the first structure (102) of the first profile (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Magnus Persson, Mikael Buschow
  • Patent number: 11976511
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Arconic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Montz, Ion-Horatiu Barbulescu
  • Patent number: 11971206
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soyoon Kim, Eunsoo Yang, Joonghan Son, Sangho Park
  • Patent number: 11959330
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: FILOBE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwang-Seog Lee
  • Patent number: 11952099
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Gabriela DeFrancisci
  • Patent number: 11933101
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Jet Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Heider, Scott Heider, Ross Heider, Kevin Heider, Benjamin F. Nedved
  • Patent number: 11859437
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Seth Poundstone
  • Patent number: 11859441
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Shane Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 11832740
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Pablo Ramirez, Juan Francisco Flores
  • Patent number: 11821255
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11788341
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Window Film Depot, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Franson, Mark Meshulam
  • Patent number: 11781370
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GOLDBRECHT LLC
    Inventor: Marcel Fontijn
  • Patent number: 11732501
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Willo Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn D. Ozier, David Wood, Brian Terry, Matt P. Heinrich, Brian S. Foss
  • Patent number: 11680441
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Impact Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Franson, Ian Bannister, Thomas Moore
  • Patent number: 11655664
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: David Toll, Roldan Vazquez
  • Patent number: 11644233
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Ji, Zhaoyong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11634944
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
  • Patent number: 11634941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Uniform S.P.A.
    Inventor: Franco Tenzon
  • Patent number: 11634940
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GOLDBRECHT LLC
    Inventor: Marcel Fontijn
  • Patent number: 11619090
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Steelworks Etc. Inc.
    Inventor: Robin W. Shattuck
  • Patent number: 11527872
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Durham Co.
    Inventors: Alva Glen Pruitt, Kenneth J. Driver, Bobby D. Dixon, Jason T. Derrickson
  • Patent number: 11391083
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Steelworks Etc. Inc.
    Inventor: Robin W. Shattuck
  • Patent number: 11377900
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick C. Ege, Roldan Vazquez, William W. Kling
  • Patent number: 11299207
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Steel Company
    Inventors: Je-Won Choi, Yeung-Mo Choi, Jeong-Real Kim, Kyoung-Su Jin, Baek-Gu Kang, Ji-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11015000
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
  • Patent number: 10876347
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Andrus, Ed Wright, James McGrath, Marco Albertini, Brent Gordon, Hilton Perry
  • Patent number: 10801248
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Endura Products, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
  • Patent number: 10745960
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: John B. Hutchins
  • Patent number: 10718151
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Endura Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin T. MacDonald, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Eric Johnson
  • Patent number: 10711514
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MATREX WINDOW SYSTEM INC.
    Inventors: Norman Koster, Angelo Forgione
  • Patent number: 10563449
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Arconic Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Blake McKenna
  • Patent number: 10337233
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sierra Pacific Industries
    Inventor: Scott D. Albrecht
  • Patent number: 10309150
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Arconic Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Blake McKenna, Jeffrey Scott Dolby, Christopher Robert Hartwell
  • Patent number: 10280677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: James Hardie Technology Limited
    Inventors: Cordell R. Burton, Thomas Evan Harris
  • Patent number: 10253555
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Houston Shutters LLC
    Inventors: Michael Blackburn, Jennifer Baur
  • Patent number: 10227794
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Paul T. Martin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10178917
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventors: Saikiran Thoutam, Rahul Gokhale, Santosh Nerur, Ajay Chidambaram Pillai Swornalatha, Vinod Kunchala, Revanth Muppala
  • Patent number: 10124743
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sougand Talebpour, Roland Mair, Russell W. Keck, Tomas Armenta, Paul T. Bridgeman, Franco M. Cagnina, Harold Erickson
  • Patent number: 10106232
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CENTRO PER GLI STUDI DI TECNICA NAVALE-CETENA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Codda, Andrea Pullara, Francesco Cestineto
  • Patent number: 10060128
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SCHUECO INTERNATIONAL KG
    Inventors: Emal Ander, Peter Molitor, Andre Stockhausen
  • Patent number: 10036192
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: PLASTPRO 2000, INC.
    Inventors: Shirley Wang, Sungtse Lin