Framed panel assembly

• US 4,733,510 A
• Filed: 07/31/1985
• Issued: 03/29/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R & H Partners
• Original Assignee: R & H Partners
• Inventors: Werner, David G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US06/761,171
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 52/202, 52/203, 49/61, 49/62
• US Class Current: 52/202
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/28 with additional removable glass panes or the like, framed or unframed

Abstract

Improved framed panel assemblies are disclosed, especially as adapted for use as windows to be installed over existing windows, especially to improve the capability of the window to provide insulation from the outside air. Various embodiments have reinforcing means for the assembly components, improvements in the joining of the elements of the assemblage, and a strip.

Claims

1. A framed panel assembly for attachment to a surface, said framed panel assembly comprising:

(a) a panel assembly frame having a first perimeter, said frame having means for receiving a panel, and having a first retainer means attached to a face of said frame and extending about said frame;

(b) an adapter, to cooperatively attach said frame to said surface, said adapter having a second perimeter, and a second retainer means for joining with said first retainer means, said adapter extending about said assembly frame in joined relationship therewith; and

(c) a strip, said strip having first and second edges, said first edge thereof being attached to one of said frame and said adapter, the other of said frame and said adapter contacting said strip upon assemblage of said assembly,

said frame comprising a first base member and said first retainer means, said first retainer means extending from said first base member, said adapter comprising a second base member and said second retainer means, said second retainer means extending from said second base member, one of said first and second retainer means having a bulbous portion, said bulbous portion being attached to the corresponding one of said first and second base members, said second edge of said strip being disposed for engagement against said bulbous portion upon assemblage of said assembly.

2. A framed panel assembly as in claim 1, said strip extending along the length of said one of said frame and said adapter.

3. A framed panel assembly for attachment to a surface, said framed panel assembly comprising:

(a) a panel assembly frame having a first perimeter, said frame having means for receiving a panel, and having a first retainer means attached to a face of said frame and extending about said frame;

(b) an adapter, to cooperatively attach said frame to said surface, said adapter having a second perimeter, and a second retainer means for joining with said first retainer means, said adapter extending about said assembly frame in joined relationship therewith; and

(c) a strip, said strip having first and second edges;

said frame comprising a first base member and said first retainer means, said first retainer means extending from said first base member, said adapter comprising a second base member and said second retainer means, said second retainer means extending from said second base member, said second retainer means having a bulbous portion, said bulbous portion being attached to said second base member, said first edge of said strip being attached to said second base member, said second edge of said strip being disposed for engagement between said bulbous portion and said second base member.

4. A framed panel assembly as in claim 3, said strip extending along the length of said adapter.

5. An adapter for use in a framed panel assembly to cooperatively attach a frame to a surface, said adapter having retainer means for joining said frame to said adapter, and including a strip having a first edge thereof attached to said adapter and a second edge capable of engagement with said retainer means and wherein said adapter has a base member, said strip being attached to said adapter at said base member, said retainer means being attached to said base member at a location spaced from said attachment of said strip, defining a surface of said base member between attachments of said strip and said retainer means, and wherein, when said strip is in engagement with said retainer means, said strip extends over said surface.

6. A framed panel assembly, comprising:

(a) a panel assembly frame having a first perimeter, said frame having means for receiving a panel, and having a first retainer means attached to a face of said frame and extending about said frame; and

(b) an adapter to cooperatively attach said frame to a surface, said adapter having a second perimeter, and a second retainer means for joining with said first retainer means, said adapter extending about said assembly frame in joined relationship therewith, said adapter including a strip having a first edge thereof attached to said adapter and a second edge capable of engagement with said second retainer means,

and wherein said adapter has a base member, said strip being attached to said adapter at said base member, said retainer means being attached to said base member at a location spaced from said attachment of said strip, defining a surface of said base member between said attachments of said strip and said retainer means, and wherein, when said strip is in engagement with said retainer means, said strip extends over said surface.

7. A framed panel assembly as in claim 6 wherein said frame contacts an intermediate portion of said strip, and does not contact said second edge, upon assemblage of said assembly.