INTEGRAL SILL CORNER WITH UPSTAND

• US 20090165406A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JELD-WEN Incorporated (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: JELD-WEN Incorporated (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
• Inventors: Christensen, Kenneth J., Hart, Kenneth M., Stackpole, John D., Campbell, Kevin A.
• Application Number:
  US12/344,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20090165406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/211
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/70 Sills; Thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/14 Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in frame members for draining off condensation water, throats at the bottom of a sash

Abstract

A sill corner for use in a sill assembly supported on a base surface, the sill assembly comprising a vertical jamb and a lineal base member. The sill corner comprises a vertical component with a top surface adapted to receive the vertical jamb and a bottom surface adapted to abut the base surface. A horizontal component extends transversely from the vertical component and the horizontal and the vertical components are a unitary element. The top and bottom surfaces of the vertical component are separated by a height, the height being between about 1.00 and about 3.00 inches.

Claims

1. A sill corner for use in a sill assembly supported on a base surface, the sill assembly comprising a vertical jamb and a lineal base member, the sill corner comprising:

a vertical component comprising a top surface adapted to receive the vertical jamb and a bottom surface adapted to abut the base surface; and

a horizontal component extending transversely from the vertical component, the horizontal and the vertical components being a unitary element,

wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the vertical component are separated by a height, the height being between about 1.00 and about 3.00 inches.

2. The sill corner of claim 1, wherein the height of the sill corner is between about 1.44 and about 2.00 inches.

3. The sill corner of claim 1, wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the vertical component are substantially planar and substantially parallel to each other.

4. The sill corner of claim 1, wherein a distal end of the horizontal component comprises an abutment edge configured to abut a corresponding abutment edge disposed on the lineal base member.

5. The sill corner of claim 4, wherein the horizontal component further comprises a seam cover disposed above and along the abutment edge such that when the corresponding abutment edges of the horizontal member and the lineal base member are in abutment, the abutment edges are disposed beneath the seam cover.

6. The sill corner of claim 1, wherein the horizontal component further comprises a rear base, a front base, and a top planar surface that extends downwardly from the rear base to the front base at an angle of about 3 degrees to about 5 degrees from a horizontal plane that is substantially parallel to the base surface.

7. The sill corner of claim 6, wherein the angle is about 4 degrees.

8. The sill assembly of claim 1, wherein the height is about 1.44 inches.

9. A sill assembly configured to be supported on a base surface, the sill assembly comprising:

a sill corner comprising a vertical component comprising a substantially planar top surface and a horizontal component, the vertical and horizontal components being integrally formed; and

a vertical jamb comprising a substantially planar bottom surface, the substantially planar bottom surface abutting the planar top surface such that a joint is formed,

wherein the joint is disposed at a height above the base surface, the height being between about 1.00 and about 3.00 inches.

10. The sill assembly of claim 9, wherein the horizontal component of the sill corner further comprises a substantially planar top surface that extends downwardly from a rear edge to a front edge of the horizontal component at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane that is substantially parallel to the base surface.

11. The sill assembly of claim 10, further comprising a sill cap comprising a rear ledge, a front lip and a substantially planar surface extending therebetween, wherein the front lip of the sill cap is adapted to engage the front edge of the horizontal component and the rear ledge is adapted to engage a first portion of the top planar surface of the sill corner.

12. The sill assembly of claim 11, wherein the front lip of the sill cap and the front edge of the horizontal component form an internal drainage path along the front edge of the horizontal component.

13. The sill assembly of claim 11, wherein the sill corner further comprises a first support rib extending upwardly from the substantially planar top surface of the horizontal component such that the first support rib contacts a bottom surface of the planar surface of the sill cap.

14. The sill assembly of claim 13, wherein the first support rib is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the horizontal component.

15. The sill assembly of claim 13, wherein the first support rib further comprises a first portion and a second portion separated by a gap, thereby forming a drainage path along the top planar surface.

16. A method of making a sill corner for use in a sill assembly supported on a base surface, the sill assembly comprising a vertical jamb and a lineal base member, the method comprising:

providing a vertical component comprising a substantially planar top surface adapted to receive the vertical jamb and a bottom surface adapted to abut the base surface; and

providing a horizontal component extending transversely from the vertical component, the horizontal and the vertical components being integrally formed,

wherein the top surface of the vertical component is substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the vertical component and the top surface and the bottom surfaces are separated by a height, the height being between about 1.00 and about 3.00 inches.

17. The method of making a sill corner of claim 16, wherein the height of the sill corner is between about 1.44 and about 2.00 inches.

18. The method of making a sill corner of claim 16, further comprising forming the sill corner by injection molding.

19. The method of making a sill corner of claim 16, wherein a distal end of the horizontal component comprises an abutment edge configured to abut a corresponding abutment edge disposed on the lineal base member.

20. The method of making a sill corner of claim 19, wherein the horizontal component further comprises a seam cover disposed above and along the abutment edge such that when the corresponding abutment edges of the horizontal member and the lineal base member are in abutment, the abutment edges are disposed beneath the seam cover.

21. A sill assembly configured to be supported on a base surface, the sill assembly comprising:

a sill corner comprising a vertical component and a horizontal component, the vertical and horizontal components being integrally formed, the vertical component comprising a sealant pathway formed therein; and

a sill cap comprising a first edge, the sill cap being configured to be slidably received by the horizontal component of the sill corner,

wherein the sealant pathway is configured to both slidably receive the first edge of the sill cap and direct a fluid sealant to flow along the first edge within the sealant pathway.

22. The sill assembly of claim 21, the sealant pathway further comprising a stub depending outwardly from a bottom wall of the sealant pathway, the height of the stub being less than the height of the sealant pathway and configured to abut the first edge of the sill cap when the sill cap is inserted into the sealant pathway.

23. The sill assembly of claim 21, wherein the sealant pathway further comprises a pair of opposed sidewalls and a bottom wall and the opposed sidewalls exert a friction force on the first edge of the sill cap.