Patent ID: 8973315
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window and trim assembly system comprising: a window structure including a window frame having a first longitudinal edge and a second opposing longitudinal edge; a trim assembly surrounding a periphery of the window structure having a decorative surface and an opposing surface having an engagement portion, the trim assembly having a first portion proximate the first longitudinal edge and a second portion proximate the second longitudinal edge; a first clip being releasably engaged with the window structure adjacent the first longitudinal edge and a second clip being releasably engaged with the window structure adjacent the second longitudinal edge; the first clip and second clip releasably securing the trim assembly to the window structure, the first clip biasing the first portion of the trim assembly in a first direction and the second clip biasing the second portion of the trim assembly in a second direction opposite to the first direction; the first clip and second clip being releasably engaged with the window structure and trim assembly without a fastener or tools; and each engagement portion including a first surface and a second separate surface; the first clip biasing the first surface of the engagement portion of the first portion of the trim assembly a first direction generally parallel to a plane defined by a glazing of the window structure and biases the second separate surface of the first portion of the trim assembly in a second direction generally perpendicular to the plane defined by the glazing; the second clip biases the first surface of the engagement portion of the second portion of the trim assembly opposite the direction generally parallel to the plane defined by a glazing of the window structure and biases the second separate surface of the second portion of the trim assembly in the second direction generally perpendicular to the plane defined by the glazing.