Patent ID: 7165364
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window sleeve arrangement independent of a window unit for positioning a window unit in a rectangular opening through a building wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface, wherein an enclosure wall separates an interior space defined by an enclosure defined by the building from an exterior space, the window unit having a window frame surrounding at least one glass pane; the window sleeve arrangement comprising: upper and lower walls joined by side walls, the upper, lower and side walls each having an inner surface and an outer surface with the inner surfaces of the upper and lower walls being parallel to one another and the inner surfaces of the side walls being parallel to one another and perpendicular to the upper and lower walls to define a rectangular opening for slidably receiving the window unit and with the outer surfaces defining a rectangular box complementing the rectangular opening through the building wall, an inner edge of the walls configured for positioning adjacent to the interior surface of a building wall, and an outer edge of the walls for positioning adjacent to an exterior surface of a building wall; the upper, lower and side walls being a continuous extrusion of plastic material having abutting edges positioned at cuts through the continuing extrusion; a first exterior flange disposed around the upper, lower and side walls of the window sleeve and extending laterally outward from the outer surfaces of the walls at a location intermediate the inner and outer edges of the walls, the first outer flange configured for engaging the exterior surface of a building wall and being secured to the exterior surface of the building wall to retain the window sleeve within the opening; a second outer flange located substantially at the outer edges of the walls and spaced from the first outer flange defining a gap there between for receiving sheathing or an outer covering of the building; an inner flange disposed adjacent to the outer edges of the walls and extending inwardly from the inner surface of the walls, the inner flange forming a stop configured for engaging an independent window unit to position a window unit within the sleeve in proximity with the exterior surface of an independent building wall, and an inside stop arrangement positioned in spaced relation to the inner flange to define a space therebetween configured for locating an independent window unit and for engaging an independent window unit to hold an independent window unit against the inner flange.