Patent ID: 8707621

Claim:
A window assembly comprising: a frame including a frame interior portion and a frame exterior portion, the frame defined in part by a frame width, the frame including a first jamb; a sash having a sash inner portion and a sash exterior portion, the sash exterior portion defining a sash exterior plane, the sash having four sides forming a rectangle, the frame and sash being configured such that when the sash is closed, an entire first side of the sash abuts the first jamb; the sash having a wash mode and an operational mode, in the operational mode the sash is openable to an open position, in the wash mode the sash is movable to a wash position, in the wash position the sash exterior portion is directed toward the frame exterior portion; and a hinge assembly coupled between the frame and the sash, the hinge assembly having three or more links; wherein the hinge assembly is configured such that when the sash is in the open position and substantially orthogonal to the frame, the entire first side of the sash that abutted the first jamb when the sash was closed is proximate the first jamb, and when the sash is in the wash position, the entire first side of the sash that abutted the first jamb when the sash was closed is remote from the first jamb.