Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural and/or with rigid closure – Diverse types
Patent
1976-10-22
1977-08-16
Kannan, Philip C.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural and/or with rigid closure
Diverse types
49141, 49408, 49413, 49449, 49456, 49501, E06B 332
Patent
active
040420043
ABSTRACT:
An on-site reglazable window assembly suitable for mounting in an aperture in a wall of a recreational vehicle and comprising a stationary glass panel, a slidable glass panel, a slidable screen panel, and slidable storm panels. All of the panels are removably positioned within a generally rectangular frame formed of a unitary metal extrusion having a plurality of flanges which provide glazing channels for the panels and means for mounting the frame to the vehicle wall. One of the exterior flanges includes a key-shaped slot which receives a correspondingly keyed flexible gasket along the entire perimeter of the frame. The gasket has a plurality of splines attached to a compressible tube so that the splines and tube are compressed between the inner surface of the exterior flange and the outer surface of the vehicle wall. The slidable screen and storm panels slide within respective channels of a removable multiple channel track. The relative position of the stationary and slidable glass panels permits employment of a centrally located latch assembly.
The frame employs a sloped base to permit drainage of rain water and the like through at least one slot or weep hole in the bottom edge of the window assembly. A removable track used for the slidable glass panel employs widely separated support legs disposed to rest upon track ledges which lie within an intermediate glazing channel but displaced above the base surface to preclude obstruction of the draining water by the track support legs.
In one form of the invention, the frame is hingedly connected to the motor home wall and may be rotatably swung out about hinges.
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Hehr International Inc.
Kannan Philip C.
Lawlor Reed C.
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