Patent ID: 11927050
Assignee: ELTON MANUFACTURING
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 22:
23. A window frame member comprising:
a unitary molded half-frame having first, second, third and fourth portions;
said first and second portions defining spaced-apart top and bottom transverse members of said half-frame; said third and fourth portions defining spaced apart left hand and right hand upright members of said half-frame;
said first, second, third and fourth portions co-operating to form a four-sided surround of an opening in which to mount glazing;
said half-frame having a forwardly facing fascia, a first rearwardly extending wall terminating in a flange spaced rearwardly from said fascia defining a rearwardly facing land operable to engage the glazing;
each half-frame having a peripheral second wall located laterally outboard of said first rearwardly extending wall and spaced therefrom, said second wall extending rearwardly from said fascia and defining a stem wall relative thereto;
an array of securement fittings rooted to said fascia and spaced about said stem wall;
said array of securement fittings including a set of male securement fittings and a set of female securement fittings, said male securement fittings and said female securement fittings being equal in number and having corresponding mating serrated one-direction engagement serrated profiles;
said female securement fittings fittings each including a pair of legs abutting said stem wall;
said male securement fittings abutting said stem wall;
there being an array of plates mounted to said stem wall and co-operating with respective legs of ones of said female securement fittings to form channel sections, said plates defining insert range of travel limit stops; and
said fascia of said half-frame being free of mechanical fastener penetrations.