Patent ID: 9453366
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: E06B

Claim Text:
1. A window assembly for engagement with a building structure having a window opening comprising multiple members including a pair of vertical spaced apart frame members and siding having a thickness of “T”, the window assembly comprising: a perimeter frame fixed in relation to a building structure; a window, wherein the window has at least one window pane having a window pane perimeter, an outer pane surface, and an inner pane surface; multiple perimeter retainer members, each of the multiple perimeter retainer members including an outer perimeter retainer member and an inner perimeter retainer member, each of the outer and inner perimeter retainer members having opposed substantially flat walls configured to engage the outer pane surface and the inner pane surface, respectively; a perimeter member adapted to hold the window pane to the perimeter frame so as to maintain the perimeter retainer members in a spaced apart relation with the substantially flat walls thereof flush against the window pane perimeter; wherein the fixed perimeter frame is adapted to slideably engage the perimeter retainer members and perimeter member so as to hold the inner and outer perimeter retainer members fixedly in place; and a mounting flange fixed to a vertical frame member of the pair of vertical spaced apart frame members and fixed to the perimeter frame, the mounting flange adapted to allow the window to slide with respect to the perimeter frame and position the window set in from a face of a vertical stationary support wall of a building structure, the fixed mounting flange providing a surface to apply a waterproof membrane to seal the window, the mounting flange having a first portion, a third portion for engaging the perimeter frame and a second portion, spaced inward with respect to the first and third portions and between the first and third portions, the fixed mounting flange for engaging at least part of the perimeter frame and a portion of one or more of the multiple perimeter retainer members of the window opening; wherein the second portion is raised with respect to the first and third portions at a distance equal to “T”.