Patent ID: 7552562
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window or door assembly comprising: a jamb member; a jamb liner coupled along the jamb member, wherein the jamb liner includes a fastener opening; a sash moveably coupled along the jamb liner; and a freely rotating structural filler coupled over a portion of the jamb liner and the fastener opening in an installed orientation, wherein the structural filler includes: a base member; a flange positioned near a first end of the base member adjacent to the sash, and the flange substantially prevents movement of the sash over the structural filler, a contact surface engaged with the jamb liner, and the contact surface is positioned near a second end of the base member remote from the sash, and the sash conceals the base member from the first end toward the flange, and the base member extends beyond the sash from the flange to the contact surface near the second end, a projection rotatably coupled with the jamb liner, and the structural filler freely rotates in a first direction around the projection after the structural filler is in the installed orientation, rotation of the structural filler in the first direction decouples the structural filler from the jamb liner and rotates the base member toward the sash, and the contact surface and the projection of the structural filler engage with the jamb liner in the installed orientation to prevent rotation of the structural filler in a second direction opposed to the first direction.