Patent ID: 8800223
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A multi-panel fenestration unit comprising: a frame including a top member, a bottom member, a first side member, and a second side member, the bottom member having a first end, a second end, a front, and a back and defining a length between the first and second ends and a width between the front and the back, the bottom member including a first raised portion and a second raised portion each extending along the length of the bottom member, the second raised portion being spaced laterally in front of the first raised portion to define a channel between the first and second raised portions that extends along the length of the bottom member; a first panel having a first side and a second side and being maintained by the first raised portion; a second panel slidably mounted to the second raised portion such that the second panel is adapted to slide open to a position in front of the first panel and to slide closed to a position adjacent to the first panel; and a first water restrictor secured in the channel at an intermediate position between the first and second ends of the bottom member, the first water restrictor comprising a first vertically oriented wall extending substantially across the channel to restrain water flow in the channel.