Patent ID: 8359795

Claim:
A window unit comprising: a frame having a frame interior surface; a sash pivotally secured to the frame, the sash having a sash interior surface that spans the perimeter of the sash; a glazing bead; a windowpane, the glazing bead securing the windowpane to the sash; and a cladding assembly having a frame covering part and a sash covering part, the frame covering part masking from view the frame interior surface, the sash covering part masking from view, when the window unit is closed, the sash interior surface that spans the perimeter of the sash, and the glazing bead, the sash covering part secured to a securing framework, the sash covering part, along the entire perimeter of the sash, extending away from the securing framework, at an oblique angle, towards the windowpane when the window unit is closed, the sash covering part overhanging the glazing bead when the window unit is closed, the securing framework comprising at least one of the frame covering part and the frame.