Patent ID: 7882664
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A deck-mounted skylight installed about an opening in a building roof, the skylight comprising: a covering element; a frame comprising a pair of longitudinal frame members and a pair of transverse frame members, the frame members surrounding the opening and having an interior side and an exterior side, each of the longitudinal frame members having a first length and further having a locking mechanism on the exterior side thereof at a location proximate an end of the longitudinal frame members; a sash securing the covering element to the frame; and a unitary U-shaped cladding component having a bottom panel and a pair of side panels extending from the bottom panel, each of the bottom panel and the side panels having a profile engaging the sash, the cladding component being slidably engaged with the frame, such that the bottom panel covers one of the transverse frame members, and the side panels cover a majority of the first length of the longitudinal frame members, each of the side panels further having a lock-receiving slot at an end thereof distal to the bottom panel through which lock-receiving slot the locking mechanism of the longitudinal frame member is received.