Patent ID: 8490345
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: E05B,E05F,E06B

Abstract:
1. A window module providing, in dependence on the number of modules arrayed, operable windows of any length in a wood stud frame wall having opposing interior and exterior faces and structural members including a top, longitudinally-extending cap piece, a longitudinally-extending sole plate and a continuous run of laterally-spaced, upstanding studs interconnecting the cap piece and sole plate, said window module eliminating both the need to cut any stud to provide a window box opening and the use of a window box installed in a window box opening, comprising: first and second glazing member subassemblies; first means coupled to said first glazing member subassembly for mounting said first glazing member subassembly exteriorly outwardly to at least one of said structural members of said wood stud frame wall without penetrating said wood stud frame wall at one of said opposing interior and exterior faces of said wood stud frame wall for pivoting motion between open and closed positions away from and towards said one of said opposing faces of said wood stud frame wall; and second means coupled to said second glazing member subassembly for mounting said second glazing member subassembly exteriorly outwardly to at least one of said structural members of said wood stud frame wall without penetrating said wood stud frame wall at the other of said opposing interior and exterior faces of said wood stud frame wall for pivoting motion between open and closed positions away from and towards said other one of said opposing faces of said wood stud frame wall, said first and second means thereby eliminating both the need to cut any said upstanding stud of said wood stud frame wall to provide a window box opening thereinthrough, and the use of a window box installed in the window box opening.