Patent ID: 7749424

Claim:
A method of making a fenestration framing member that includes the steps of: (a) providing a core having a cross section and a lengthwise geometry desired for said fenestration framing member, (b) placing a fiberglass mat around said core to form a fiberglass-enclosed core, and (c) vacuum infusing resin into said mat to form a fenestration framing member of desired cross section and lengthwise geometry that includes fiberglass-reinforced resin enclosing said core, wherein said step (c) includes: (c1) placing a peel ply around said fiberglass-enclosed core, (c2) placing a flow medium over said peel ply, (c3) placing tubing over said flow medium, said tubing having apertures, said tubing comprises a spiral wrap of plastic ribbon having said apertures as spiral apertures formed by gaps between wraps of said ribbon, (c4) placing the product of said step (c3) into a vacuum enclosure, (c5) connecting said tubing to a vacuum source and a source of resin to draw resin into said vacuum enclosure and infusing the resin through the apertures in said tubing, through said flow medium and said peel ply into said fiberglass mat, (c6) removing said vacuum enclosure, and (c7) removing said tubing, said flow medium and said peel ply leaving said fenestration framing member.