Patent ID: 8495797
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A casement window hinge comprising: a longitudinally extending track attachable along a window opening surface; a slide retainable by the track for movement therealong; a sash arm pivotally attached to the slide at an inner end attachable to a window sash surface opposed to the window opening surface when the window is closed; a guide arm pivotally attached at one end to the track and at the other end to the sash arm; wherein at least a thickened portion of the guide arm and the track substantially fills a space between the window opening surface and the window sash surface when the window is closed to support the window sash surface along the thickened portion of the guide arm; and wherein the thickened portion of the guide arm provides a sloped surface adjacent to the window sash when the window is closed, the sloped surface is angled with respect to a plane of the window sash to guide the window sash surface up along the guide arm as the window closes.