Patent ID: 8286388
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A jalousie window that includes: a jalousie window insert having parallel side rails and a plurality of window louvers extending between said side rails for simultaneous rotation around parallel horizontal axes, a window frame including a frame head, a frame sill, and a pair of spaced frame jambs interconnected with said frame head and said frame sill in a rectangular frame geometry, a pair of opposed jamb adapters, each of which includes an outer portion secured to an associated one of said frame jambs and an inner portion that receives one of said side rails such that said side rails and said jalousie window insert are secured by said jamb adapters within said window frame, a head adapter having an outer portion secured to said frame head, a sill adapter having an outer portion secured to said frame sill and an open water channel beneath an interior side of a lowest one of said louvers, and weather seals on said head and sill adapters for engagement by upper and lower louvers of said jalousie window insert in closed positions of said louvers, at least one of said side rails having a continuously planar lower edge spaced from said sill adapter to form an opening wherein said water channel communicates with said opening beneath said lower edge of said side rail to drain water from within said water channel and wherein said lower edge is spaced above a lower surface of said water channel to form said opening, said window frame being adapted to mount said window on a building wall such that one side of said window is on an interior side of said wall, and wherein said open water channel is on said one side of said window.