Patent ID: 7818934

Claim:
A moisture diversion bridge for spanning a horizontal space formed between tongues of horizontal mullions in a curtain wall system of the type wherein the horizontal mullions are secured to opposite sides of vertical mullions such that ends of the tongues of the horizontal mullions are oppositely disposed one from the other defining a space therebetween across a face of the vertical mullion and having front surfaces with substantially identical frontal profiles, the moisture diversion bridge comprising: a substantially planar top surface for spanning the horizontal space; a substantially planar bottom surface for spanning the horizontal space; a front surface including a substantially identical frontal profile as the frontal profiles of the mullion tongues; a back surface adapted to mate with the face of the vertical mullion; at least one upper flange protruding on each side of the substantially planar top surface, the at least one upper flange adapted to be positioned over the ends of the oppositely disposed horizontal mullion tongues for providing securement thereto, the at least one upper flange substantially coplanar with the substantially planar top surface and substantially parallel to the horizontal mullion tongues; and at least one lower flange protruding on each side of the substantially planar bottom surface, the at least one lower flange adapted to be positioned under the ends of the oppositely disposed horizontal mullion tongues for providing securement thereto, the at least one lower flange substantially coplanar with the substantially planar bottom surface and substantially parallel to the horizontal mullion tongues and the at least one upper flange.