Window frame system

• US 5,857,298 A
• Filed: 12/03/1996
• Issued: 01/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Fullwood
• Original Assignee: James Fullwood
• Inventors: Fullwood, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Lanna
• Application Number:
  US08/758,567
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 52/202, 52/204.597, 52/204.62, 52/204.67, 52/656.5, 52/656.6, 52/656.7, 52/717.01, 52/210
• US Class Current: 52/202
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/00 Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames E06B5/00 takes precedence; shutters or the like E06B9/00; glass panes C03
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/17007 Shutter boxes; Details or component parts thereof

Abstract

A building aperture frame system including a window mounting surface and an integrally formed storm shutter mounting structure. The system may be comprised of first and second jambs, a header, and a sill, wherein the first and second jambs are vertical, the header is mounted to and traverses a distance between an upper portion of each of the first and second jambs and the sill is mounted to and traverses a distance between a bottom portion of each of the jambs. Each of the jambs has a width sufficient to traverse at least a portion of a distance between an interior and an exterior surface of a building wall defining a building aperture. Each jamb includes a mounting surface for a window unit and a shutter mounting structure for receiving a storm shutter. The storm shutter includes a shield member framed by a mounting brace wherein the mounting brace fits snugly within the shutter receiving structure.

Claims

1. A building aperture frame system for placement in a building aperture at least partially defined by first and second vertical side walls traversing the distance between an exterior and interior surface of a building wall, the system for receiving both a shutter panel and a window, the system comprising:

first and second vertically directed profiled jambs spaced apart and diametrically opposed to each other, each said jamb having;

a first elongated edge defining an interior face,

a second elongated edge oppositely spaced from said first elongated edge and defining an exterior face,

a width extension, said width extension being defined respectively as that portion of said jambs traversing the distance between said interior and exterior faces, said width extension having an inner side facing the interior of the area enclosed by said aperture frame and an oppositely facing outer side,

a window mounting surface integrally formed on a portion of said width extensions;

a storm shutter mounting structure integrally formed on each of said width extensions, said storm shutter mounting structure being adapted for adjustable threaded engagement by means for securing said shutter panels and being positioned along a portion of said width extensions between said exterior face and said window mounting surface;

a header mounted to and traversing a distance between an upper end portion of each of said first and second profiled jambs;

a sill mounted to and traversing a distance between a bottom end portion of each of said first and second profiled jambs, said header and said sill being diametrically opposed each to the other;

a mounting brace having two U-shaped cross-sectionally contoured lateral mounting portions defining a header mounting portion and a sill mounting portion, said header mounting portion traversing the distance between an upper end portion of each of the lateral mounting portions and the sill mounting portion traversing the distance between a lower end portion of each of the lateral mounting portions, the mounting brace formable around the shutter panel and received between the shutter mounting structures of the jambs, header and sill, each of said lateral mounting portions including two opposing lateral members and an edge member connecting adjacent ends of the two lateral members, the edges of the shutter panel being received between the lateral members, said mounting brace being positioned within a plane defined by the shutter mounting structures, said mounting brace having a substantially L-shaped cross-section including a base member and a beam member which is substantially perpendicular to the base member, the beam member having two opposing lateral members, the edges of the shutter panel being received between the lateral members;

an elongated nub positioned on the interval surface of each lateral member of each of said lateral members of said mounting portion; and

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said mounting brace includes at least one hole extending through the mounting brace substantially perpendicular to the lateral members, the storm shutter mounting structure including a screw receiving base that is axially aligned with the holes in the mounting brace when the shutter panel is in a mounted position and the system includes at least one screw extending through the hole and received in the screw base to secure the mounting brace in the mounted position.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein each of said elongated nubs is positioned dividing each lateral member substantially in half, the nubs being diametrically opposed, each edge of the shutter panel restable on an adjacent pair of opposing nubs.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 wherein the at least one screw receiving bore is a continuous screw channel, the at least one hole is a plurality of holes, and the at least one screw is a plurality of screws.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 wherein the holes in the mounting brace pass between the nubs and an adjacent edge member.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the width extension on each of the jambs includes an intermediate spacer between the storm shutter mounting structure and the window mounting surface.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second jambs are further comprised of a plurality of support legs extending away from the outer side of said width extension.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the storm shutter mounting structure includes:

a substantially flat first sunken surface which is approximately vertical; and

a substantially flat second sunken surface that is perpendicular to the first sunken surface.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the system includes a header bracket, the bracket having a substantially "U"-shaped cross section formed by two parallel and opposing header lateral members and a header edge member connecting adjacent ends of the header lateral members, the header edge and lateral members forming a receiving channel, the header mounting portion being tightly receivable within the receiving channel, the header bracket receivable and securable within the shutter mounting structure of the header so that the receiving channel faces the shutter mounting structure on the sill.

10. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the header, sill, and jambs are further comprised of a plurality of support legs extending away from the outer side of said width extensions and capable of engaging side walls of said building aperture.

11. The system as recited in claim 1 further including a header bracket, the header bracket in cross section having two parallel and opposing lateral extensions and a header edge member connecting adjacent ends of the header lateral extensions, the header edge member and lateral extensions forming a "U"-shaped receiving channel, the header bracket securably receivable within the shutter mounting structure of the header so that the receiving channel faces the shutter mounting structure on the sill, a top of the mounting brace being receivable within the receiving channel.

9. A storm shutter system for a building aperture comprising:

first and second jambs spaced apart and positioned vertically and diametrically opposed to each other;

a header mounted to and traversing a distance between an upper end portion of each of said first and second jambs;

a sill mounted to and traversing a distance between a bottom end portion of each of said first and second jambs, the header and sill being diametrically opposed to each other;

each of said first and second jambs, header and sill having,

a first elongated edge defining an interior face,

a second elongated edge oppositely spaced from said first elongated edge and defining an exterior face,

a width extension, said width extension being defined respectively as that portion of said jambs, header or sill traversing the distance between said interior and exterior faces, said width extension having an inner side facing the interior of the area enclosed by said aperture frame and an oppositely facing outer side,

a window mounting surface integrally formed on a portion of said width extensions, said window mounting surfaces having the area between them free of obstructing structure to facilitate mounting of a window,

a storm shutter mounting structure integrally formed on each of said width extensions, each said storm shutter mounting structure being adapted for adjustable threaded engagement by shutter panel securing means and being positioned along a portion of said width extension between said exterior face and said window mounting surface;

an intermediate spacer integrally formed between the window mounting surface and the storm shutter mounting structure;

an imperforate high-strength, impact-resistant shield member and a mounting brace that frames the shield member, the mounting brace being received by said storm shutter mounting structure when the shutter is in the mounted position, the mounting brace having a substantially U-shaped cross-section including an edge member connecting two opposing lateral members, the edges of the shield member being received between the lateral members of the mounting brace; and

an elongated nub positioned on the internal surface of each lateral member, substantially dividing each lateral member in half, the two nubs being diametrically opposed, each edge of the shield member resting on an adjacent pair of opposing nubs, said mounting brace including at least one hole extending through the mounting brace substantially perpendicular to the lateral members, the shutter mounting structure including a receiving aperture axially aligned with the hole in the mounting brace when the shutter is in a mounted position, and further including at least one fastener extending through the hole and into the receiving aperture to secure the shutter in a mounted position.