Patent ID: 6789359
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A sill assembly comprising:an elongated frame member formed with a longitudinally extending upwardly open channel that defines a rear wall, a front wall and a floor that extends laterally and slopes downwardly from said rear wall to said front wall, and a sill that extends laterally and slopes downwardly from said front wall to a forward edge of said frame member; and an end plug adapted to be securely mounted to one end of said elongated frame member, said end plug comprising an elongate body having a rearward portion and a forward portion, said body having a rear wall and a front wall and an upstanding support wall extending longitudinally between said rear and front walls of said body; a drainage ramp integrally formed on said support wall in the rearward portion of said body, said ramp extending forwardly and sloping downwardly from said rear wall of said body to a front edge of said ramp, and said ramp extending laterally from said support wall and having an outer end forming a shoulder engagable with said one end of said elongated frame member; a drainage chamber formed in the forward portion of said body, said drainage chamber communicating with the front edge of said ramp and defined at least partially by said support wall, said front wall of said body and by a top wall extending laterally from said support wall and sloping downwardly between said front edge of said ramp and said front wall of said body, said chamber having an outer end forming a shoulder engagable with said one end of said elongated frame member, the shoulder of said top wall aligned with the shoulder of said ramp so that said ramp is disposed at a location flush with and immediately adjacent to the floor of said channel; and said front wall of said body having an opening formed therein, whereby water in said channel flows to said one end of said frame member and onto said ramp which directs said water into said chamber and through the opening in said front wall of said body away from said frame member.