Patent ID: 7971623
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. In combination, a garage door and window frame assembly, the combination comprising: an overhead garage door having front and rear exposed surfaces separated by a door thickness, and at least one window opening therein; a front window frame member formed in one piece of a synthetic, polymeric material and having a periphery sized to circumscribe the window opening from the front exposed surface of the door; a rear window frame member also formed in one piece of a synthetic polymeric material and having a periphery sized to circumscribe the window opening from the rear exposed surface of the door, the front and rear window frame members having engagement elements located about the peripheries thereof which snap together in mating fashion to thereby mount the frame members within the window opening, the engagement elements also being disengageable with a hand tool to separate the frame members and remove the members from the window opening; and wherein the engagement elements include a plurality of ratchet elements on a selected one of the front and rear window frame members and a series of mating ratchet stops on the other of the respective front and rear frame members, the ratchet elements comprising two or more L-shaped detents of equal relative height and the mating ratchet stops comprising an equal number of stepped recesses of varying relative depths, the depths being designed to accommodate garage doors of varying thicknesses, whereby the front and rear window frame members snap together between a disengaged position and a series of engaged positions designed to accommodate garage doors of varying thicknesses, the first L-shaped detent and mating ratchet stop engaging to accommodate a garage door of a first relative thickness and the second L-shaped detent and mating ratchet stop engaging to accommodate a garage door of a second, lesser relative thickness.