Patent ID: 7331142
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window frame comprising: a first frame half; a second frame half having a ship orientation and an install orientation with respect to said first frame half, said second frame half being moved between the ship and install orientations by rotating said second frame half within its own plane with respect to said first frame half; a glazing panel disposed between said first frame half and said second frame half in both the ship orientation and the install orientation of the second frame half; alignment means for releasably aligning said first and second frame halves when said second frame half is in the ship orientation, said alignment means being integral and one piece with said first and second frame halves; and connector means for securely interconnecting said first and second frame halves only when said second frame half is in the install orientation, said connector means also being integral and one piece with said first and second frame halves, said connector means being aligned in the install orientation of said second frame half and being unaligned in the ship orientation of said second frame half.