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Room addition construction
Assignee: Pella Corp
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Filing: 1982-12-10
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Granted: 1986-04-22
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Expires: 2002-12-10
Abstract
Abstract A room addition type of construction for attachment to the outside wall of a building. The wall has an opening for access to the interior of the building. A foundation is provided adjacent the wall and an upright frame assembly is mounted on the foundation. The frame includes side wall frames, an outer wall frame, and a roof frame. A plurality of structurally independent panel members are securely mounted in each of the frame portions with a substantial portion of the panels comprising window units having glazing panels therein. The panel members cooperate with the frame assembly for providing load bearing support for the structure. The frame assembly is secured to the building and a weather seal is provided between the room structure assembly and the building. The panels are secured to each other and to the frame assembly and weather seals are provided between the panels and between the panels and the frame assembly.
Inventors
- 👤 Mearl Minter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:23
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/0046; E04D; E04D3/00; E04D3/02; E04D3/06; E04D3/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim
274 words
A room structure for attachment to the exterior wall of a building, comprising: an upright frame assembly mounted on a foundation adjacent said wall and including an elongated outer wall frame portion spaced outwardly from said wall, a pair of spaced apart side wall frame portions extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at each end thereof, and a roof frame portion extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at the upper end thereof and between said side wall frame portions at the upper ends thereof, means for securing said frame assembly to said building, a plurality of structurally independent glazing panel units securely mounted within at least one of said frame portions, means for securing adjacent panel units to each other, including an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between the abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall, a lower wall, and opposite side walls extending between said upper and lower walls, a pair of lower legs extending from said lower wall for attaching said flange to said panel unit, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
274 words
A room structure for attachment to the exterior wall of a building, comprising: an upright frame assembly mounted on a foundation adjacent said wall and including an elongated outer wall frame portion spaced outwardly from said wall, a pair of spaced apart side wall frame portions extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at each end thereof, and a roof frame portion extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at the upper end thereof and between said side wall frame portions at the upper ends thereof, means for securing said frame assembly to said building, a plurality of structurally independent glazing panel units securely mounted within at least one of said frame portions, means for securing adjacent panel units to each other, including an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between the abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall, a lower wall, and opposite side walls extending between said upper and lower walls, a pair of lower legs extending from said lower wall for attaching said flange to said panel unit, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
93 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein said glazing flange further includes a raised portion extending upwardly from said upper wall between said first and second arms, said raised portion including opposite side walls extending upwardly from said upper wall of said glazing flange and a top wall interconnecting said opposite side walls, said side walls of said raised portion being spaced apart from said first and second arms of said glazing flange and extending slightly above said first and second arms such that said top wall is substantially coplanar with said joint cap.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The room structure of claim 1 wherein said mullion cover snap fits said second arms of said abutting glazing flanges.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The room structure of claim 1 wherein said mullion cover has spaced apart downwardly extending legs for overlapping engaging said second arms of said glazing flanges.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The room structure of claim 4 wherein said glazing flange arms have serrations therein and said mullion cover legs each have a barb thereon for matingly engaging said serrations of said glazing flange second arms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
248 words
A room structure for attachment to the exterior wall of a building, comprising: an upright frame assembly mounted on a foundation adjacent said wall and including an elongated outer wall frame portion spaced outwardly from said wall, a pair of spaced apart side wall frame portions extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at each end thereof, and a roof frame portion extending beteen said wall and said outer wall frame portion at the upper end thereof and between said side wall frame portions at the upper ends thereof, means for securing said frame assembly to said building, a plurality of structurally independent glazing panel units securely mounted within at least one of said frame portions, means for securing adjacent panel units to each other, including an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between the abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said mastic channel having a shallow central portion and deeper opposite outer side portions for anchoring said mastic to said flanges, such that said mastic in said mastic channel adheres to said flanges along said outer side portions so as to mechanically lock said flanges together and such that said mastic is stretchable at said central portion of said mastic channel without impairing said adhesion to said flanges.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
248 words
A room structure for attachment to the exterior wall of a building, comprising: an upright frame assembly mounted on a foundation adjacent said wall and including an elongated outer wall frame portion spaced outwardly from said wall, a pair of spaced apart side wall frame portions extending between said wall and said outer wall frame portion at each end thereof, and a roof frame portion extending beteen said wall and said outer wall frame portion at the upper end thereof and between said side wall frame portions at the upper ends thereof, means for securing said frame assembly to said building, a plurality of structurally independent glazing panel units securely mounted within at least one of said frame portions, means for securing adjacent panel units to each other, including an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between the abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said mastic channel having a shallow central portion and deeper opposite outer side portions for anchoring said mastic to said flanges, such that said mastic in said mastic channel adheres to said flanges along said outer side portions so as to mechanically lock said flanges together and such that said mastic is stretchable at said central portion of said mastic channel without impairing said adhesion to said flanges.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The room structure of claim 6 wherein said glazing flanges are mirror images of one another in cross-section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
159 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall, a lower wall, and opposite side walls extending between said upper and lower walls, a pair of lower legs extending from said lower wall for attaching said flange to said panel unit, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
159 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall, a lower wall, and opposite side walls extending between said upper and lower walls, a pair of lower legs extending from said lower wall for attaching said flange to said panel unit, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
126 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall and opposite side walls, a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall, a second arm spaced inwardly from one of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from said one side wall so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
126 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall and opposite side walls, a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall, a second arm spaced inwardly from one of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from said one side wall so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The assembly of claim 9 wherein said mullion cover snap fits said second arms of said abutting glazing flanges.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly of claim 9 wherein said mullion cover has spaced apart downwardly extending for overlappingly engaging said second arms of said glazing flanges.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
The assembly of claim 11 wherein said glazing flange arms have serrations therein and said mullion cover legs each have a barb therealong for matingly engaging said serrations of said glazing flange second arms.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The assembly of claim 9 wherein said mastic channel has a shallow central portion and deeper opposite outer side portions for anchoring said mastic to said flanges.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The assembly of claim 13 wherein mastic in said mastic channel adheres to said flanges along said outer ridge portions so as to mechanically lock said flanges together.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly of claim 14 wherein said mastic stretches at said central portion of said mastic channel without impairing said adhesion to said flanges.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The assembly of claim 16 wherein said glazing flanges are mirror images of one another in cross-section.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
72 words
The assembly of claim 9 wherein said glazing flange further includes a raised portion extending upwardly from said upper wall between said first and second arms, said raised portion including opposite side walls extending upwardly from said upper wall of said glazing flange and a top wall interconnecting said opposite side walls, said side walls of said raised portion being spaced apart from said first and second arms of said glazing flange.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
93 words
The assembly of claim 9 wherein said glazing flange further includes a raised portion extending upwardly from said upper wall between said first and second arms, said raised portion including opposite side walls extending upwardly from said upper wall of said glazing flange and a top wall interconnecting said opposite side walls, said side walls of said raised portion being spaced apart from said first and second arms of said glazing flanges and extending slightly above said first and second arms such that said top wall is substantially coplanar with said mullion cover.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
131 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall and opposite side walls, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
131 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edges of each panel unit such that said flanges of adjacent units abut one another along their lengths to form an open mastic channel between said abutting flanges for receiving mastic, and a mullion cover lockingly engaging said flanges and covering said mastic channel, said glazing flange including an upper wall and opposite side walls, a first arm extending upwardly from one of said side walls, a second arm spaced inwardly from the other of said side walls and extending upwardly from said upper wall, and a rib extending upwardly from the other of said side walls so as to form a recess between said rib and said second arm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
72 words
The assembly of claim 19 wherein said glazing flange further includes a raised portion extending upwardly from said upper wall between said first and second arms, said raised portion including opposite side walls extending upwardly from said upper wall of said glazing flange and a top wall interconnecting said opposite side walls, said side walls of said raised portion being spaced apart from said first and second arms of said glazing flange.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
93 words
The assembly of claim 19 wherein said glazing flange further includes a raised portion extending upwardly from said upper wall between said first and second arms, said raised portion including opposite side walls extending upwardly from said upper wall of said glazing flange and a top wall interconnecting said opposite side walls, said side walls of said raised portion being spaced apart from said first and second arms of said glazing flange and extending slightly above said first and second arms such that said top wall is substantially coplanar with said mullion cover.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
137 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edge of each panel unit, each of said flanges including an outer side wall, an upper wall extending inwardly from said side wall, a rib extending upwardly from said side wall and a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said rib so as to define a first recess therebetween; said flanges being mirror images of one another and said outer side walls of said flanges abutting one another such that said ribs, said first arms and said first recesses cooperate to form an open mastic channel for receiving mastic material; and a mullion cover lockingly spanning and overlapping said first arms of said abutting flanges thereby covering said mastic channel.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
137 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted on the edge of each panel unit, each of said flanges including an outer side wall, an upper wall extending inwardly from said side wall, a rib extending upwardly from said side wall and a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said rib so as to define a first recess therebetween; said flanges being mirror images of one another and said outer side walls of said flanges abutting one another such that said ribs, said first arms and said first recesses cooperate to form an open mastic channel for receiving mastic material; and a mullion cover lockingly spanning and overlapping said first arms of said abutting flanges thereby covering said mastic channel.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
79 words
The assembly of claim 22 wherein said channel is substantially filled with mastic material, and said mastic channel has opposite side portions adjacent said first arms and a central portion above said ribs, said first arms extending upwardly further than said ribs such that said side portions have a greater depth than said central portion thereby allowing said mastic material to stretch upon movement of said panels without breaking the adhesion of said mastic material to said mastic channel.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
56 words
The assembly of claim 22 wherein said mullion cover includes opposite downwardly extending legs and a web interconnecting said legs, and said flanges each have a first wall extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said firt leg to define a second recess for receiving one of said legs of said mullion cover.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
32 words
The assembly of claim 24 wherein each of said flanges has a raised top wall extending inwardly from said first wall and being substantially coplanar with said web of said mullion cover.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
39 words
The assembly of claim 25 wherein each of said flanges has a second wall extending downwardly from said top wall to said upper wall, said first wall, top wall and second wall forming a raised portion of said flange.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
45 words
The assembly of claim 26 wherein each of said flanges includes a second arm extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said second wall so as to define a third recess therebetween adapted to receive a portion of said glazing panel unit.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
202 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted to the edge of each panel unit, each of said flanges including an outer side wall, an upper wall extending inwardly from said side wall, and a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said side wall; said flanges being mirror images of one another and said outer side walls of said flanges abutting one another so as to form an open mastic channel between said first arms containing mastic material, said mastic channel having opposite side portions adjacent said first arms and a central portion between said side portions; a mullion cover lockingly spanning and overlapping said first arms of said abutting flanges thereby covering said mastic channel; and means for reducing the cross-sectional depth of said central portion of said mastic channel with respect to the depth of said side portions of said mastic channel thereby making the mastic material thinner in the central portion relative to said side portions and allowing said mastic material to stretch in response to movement of said panels without breaking the adhesion between said mastic material and said mastic channel.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
202 words
A glazing flange assembly for securing adjacent glazing panel units to each other, comprising: an elongated glazing flange mounted to the edge of each panel unit, each of said flanges including an outer side wall, an upper wall extending inwardly from said side wall, and a first arm extending upwardly from said upper wall and spaced inwardly from said side wall; said flanges being mirror images of one another and said outer side walls of said flanges abutting one another so as to form an open mastic channel between said first arms containing mastic material, said mastic channel having opposite side portions adjacent said first arms and a central portion between said side portions; a mullion cover lockingly spanning and overlapping said first arms of said abutting flanges thereby covering said mastic channel; and means for reducing the cross-sectional depth of said central portion of said mastic channel with respect to the depth of said side portions of said mastic channel thereby making the mastic material thinner in the central portion relative to said side portions and allowing said mastic material to stretch in response to movement of said panels without breaking the adhesion between said mastic material and said mastic channel.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
62 words
The assembly of claim 28 wherein said means includes a rib extending upwardly from said outer side wall of each flange and spaced outwardly from said first arm so as to define one of said side portions of said mastic channel therebetween, said ribs of said flanges abutting one another so as to define said central portion of said mastic channel thereabove.
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