Patent ID: 7845124

Claim:
A frame for a window, comprising: first and second frame sections to join each other at a corner of a glazing for the window, each section having a base piece and a glazing stop piece, the base piece to be anchored to a support structure of a building, the base piece having a first cavity with a front wall and rear wall, a second cavity sharing a wall with the first cavity and having all of its walls made of the same material, and a third cavity sharing a wall with the second cavity and another wall with the first cavity and located to the rear of the second cavity, wherein a glazing channel lies beside as opposed to behind or in front of the third cavity and faces the safe side of the window and is to receive therein the glazing, and the glazing stop piece to be secured to the base piece and thereby hold the glazing in its channel, and in the base piece of the first frame section, the first cavity has a lateral opening into the support structure of a building that runs the entire length of the base piece, and an anchor plate by which the base piece of the first frame section is to be anchored to the support structure of a building through the lateral opening in the base piece, the anchor plate having a middle section positioned over the lateral opening and end sections overlapping ends of the base piece forming the lateral opening.