Patent ID: 8528212

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a frame assembly for supporting a fenestration article with the frame assembly including a stile member and a rail member having substantially identical cross-sections with the stile member having an exterior wall, an interior wall opposite the exterior wall of the stile member, and a stile tab extending axially from and planar with the interior wall of the stile member and including the rail member coupled substantially transverse to the stile member and having an exterior wall, an interior wall opposite the exterior wall of the rail member, and a rail tab extending axially from and planar with the exterior wall of the rail member, said method comprising the steps of: inserting a portion of the stile member within an interior of the rail member such that the stile tab extends beyond the rail member; inserting a portion of the rail member within an interior of the stile member such that the rail tab extends beyond the stile member; bending the stile tab about the rail member to couple the stile member to the rail member; and bending the rail tab about the stile member to couple the rail member to the stile member.