Patent ID: 11952835
Assignee: PELLA CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A fenestration unit comprising:
a sill, a head opposite the sill, a first jamb, and a second jamb opposite the first jamb forming a window cavity therebetween, the sill including a lower surface and an upper surface and one or more compartments therebetween; and
a weep hood arranged in the sill and including one or more water vents having one or more inlets arranged within the one or more compartments and parallel to the lower surface of the window cavity being configured to allow water to exit the one or more compartments within the sill and one or more outlets defining an external feature directly exposed to an exterior environment, and one or more air vents having one or more inlets perpendicular to the lower surface of the window cavity being configured to allow air to exit the one or more compartments within the sill; and
wherein an upper boundary of the one or more inlets of the one or more water vents is defined by a first vertical height and an upper boundary of the one or more inlets of the one or more air vents is defined by a second vertical height, the first vertical height being less than the second vertical height.