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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-04-03
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Granted: 1980-09-02
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Expires: 1998-04-03
Abstract
Abstract A multi-sash pocket window is designed to accomodate sash of differing widths and in varying combinations. The window frame structure is adapted to receive inserts for retaining the sash in place and which are selected to accomodate the sash width and combinations being used. At the sill, the inserts have rails for supporting the sash rollers and upright sections that straddle the lower ends of the sash. Ribs are provided for retaining the inserts in place and various example are shown.
Inventors
- 👤 Curtis Mauroner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:25
CPC Classifications
E; E06; E06B; E06B3/00; E06B3/32; E06B3/34; E06B3/42; E06B3/46; E06B3/4654; E05; E05D; E05D15/00; E05D15/06; E05D15/08; E06B3/4609; E05Y; E05Y2900/00; E05Y2900/10; E05Y2900/13; E05Y2900/132; E05Y2900/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A sill assembly for a multisash pocket window having a sash that is horizontally movable and supported on rollers, said assembly comprising an elongated horizontally arranged insert retaining member having a plurality of parallel elongated and laterally spaced apart upstanding ribs which have a coplanar arrangement and cooperate in defining a plurality of elongated shallow recesses in the space therebetween, a plurality of elongated insert members which are arranged in the respective recesses and therein retained by the spaced apart ribs that cooperate in defining the respective recesses, and a pair of elongated horizontally arranged parallel rails which are spaced apart and arranged to therebetween and thereon support a supporting roller for said sash, at least one of said rails constituting an integral part of one of said insert members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A sill assembly for a multisash pocket window having a sash that is horizontally movable and supported on rollers, said assembly comprising an elongated horizontally arranged insert retaining member having a plurality of parallel elongated and laterally spaced apart upstanding ribs which have a coplanar arrangement and cooperate in defining a plurality of elongated shallow recesses in the space therebetween, a plurality of elongated insert members which are arranged in the respective recesses and therein retained by the spaced apart ribs that cooperate in defining the respective recesses, and a pair of elongated horizontally arranged parallel rails which are spaced apart and arranged to therebetween and thereon support a supporting roller for said sash, at least one of said rails constituting an integral part of one of said insert members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein the other of said rails also constitutes an integral part of said one insert member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein the other of said rails constitutes an integral part of another of said insert members.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein said one insert member comprises an elongated generally horizontally arranged base section that is located in one of said recesses, and has opposite side portions, wherein said one recess is defined by a pair of spaced apart ribs that have respective side walls which are inclined and engage the respective side portions of said base section to retain the base section in said one recess.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein the other of said rails constitutes an integral part of said retaining member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 5 wherein said other rail is an integral part of one of said ribs, and wherein said one rib is arranged to cooperate in defining the recess in which said one insert member is arranged.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein said one insert member comprises an elongated generally horizontally arranged base section that is located in one of said recesses, and wherein said assembly comprises a pair of elongated, horizontally arranged parallel upright sections which are spaced apart and arranged to straddle the lower end of said sash, at least one of said upright sections constituting an integral part of said one insert member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 7 wherein the other of said upright sections constitutes an integral part of said retaining member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 7 wherein the other of said upright sections constitutes an integral part of another of said insert members.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 7 wherein said base section has opposite side portions which are contiguous with the respective ribs that define said one recess, and wherein said one upright section is integrally joined to the base section at one of said side portions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 7 wherein said base section has opposite side portions which are contiguous with the respective ribs that define said one recess, and wherein said one upright section is integrally joined to the base section between said side portions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 1 wherein said insert retaining member has opposite ends, and wherein said insert members were inserted in said recesses at one of said opposite ends.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A sill assembly in accord with claim 12 wherein said insert members are adapted for insertion in the recesses between said opposite ends.
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