IP Library Granted Patent US 10,415,302
Granted Patent B2
US 10,415,302 · App. 16/035,952 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Window setting block

Inventors: Kenneth John Vander Bent, Jr. (Bradenton, FL); Michael Dietmar Nau (North Port, FL); Hong Chen (Sarasota, FL)
Assignee: PGT Innovations, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,415,302
App. No.
16/035,952
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A window frame assembly includes a frame; a setting block including a block body secured to the frame; and a block lip extending outwards from the block body; a glazing bead secured to the frame and the setting block, a bead rib of the glazing bead positioned between the block lip and the frame, the glazing bead and the frame defining a glazing channel; and a lite defining a first edge, the first edge of the lite inserted into the glazing channel.

Claims (83)

1. A window frame assembly comprising:

a frame;

a setting block comprising:

a block body secured to the frame; and

a block lip extending outwards from the block body;

a glazing bead secured to the frame and the setting block, a bead rib of the glazing bead positioned between the block lip and the frame, the glazing bead and the frame defining a glazing channel; and

a lite defining a first edge, the first edge of the lite inserted into the glazing channel; and

wherein the block lip is positioned between the first edge of the lite and the bead rib of the glazing bead.

2. The window frame assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the block lip defines a setting block barb;

the bead rib defines a bead barb; and

the bead barb engages the setting block barb.

3. The window frame assembly of claim 2 , wherein:

the glazing bead defines a bead groove opposite from the bead barb;

the bead groove receives a bead clip defined by the frame; and

engagement between the bead groove and the bead clip secures the glazing bead to the setting block and the frame.

4. The window frame assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the setting block comprises a heel barb;

the frame defines a kerf; and

the kerf receives the heel barb.

5. The window frame assembly of claim 4 , wherein:

the heel barb defines at least one spur;

the kerf defines at least one groove; and

the at least one groove receives the at least one spur.

6. A method for assembling a window frame assembly, the method comprising:

securing a setting block of the window frame assembly to a frame of the window frame assembly; and

securing a glazing bead of the window frame assembly to the setting block and to the frame; and

wherein securing the setting block of the window frame assembly to the frame of the window frame assembly comprises:

engaging a frame toe rib of the frame with a block toe rib of the setting block; and

engaging a frame heel rib of the frame with a block heel rib of the setting block.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein engaging the frame heel rib of the frame with the block heel rib of the setting block comprises pivoting a first edge of the setting block towards a web of the frame, the block heel rib disposed proximate to the first edge, the frame heel rib defined by the web.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein securing the glazing bead of the window frame assembly to the setting block and to the frame comprises:

inserting a bead rib of the glazing bead into a gap defined between the setting block and the frame; and

engaging a bead clip of the frame with a bead groove of the glazing bead.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein engaging the bead clip of the frame with the bead groove of the glazing bead comprises rocking an edge of the glazing bead towards a web of the frame.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein securing the glazing bead of the window frame assembly to the setting block and to the frame comprises engaging a bead barb of the glazing bead with a block barb of the setting block.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising inserting a first edge of a lite into a glazing channel defined by the glazing bead and the frame, the setting block disposed in the glazing channel.

12. A window frame assembly comprising:

a frame; and

a setting block, the setting block configured to engage the frame; and

wherein:

the frame comprises a frame toe rib and a frame heel rib;

the setting block defines a setting block groove;

the frame toe rib and the frame heel rib engage the setting block groove; and

the setting block is secured to the frame.

13. The window frame assembly of claim 12 , wherein:

the setting block comprises a block toe rib and a block heel rib;

the block toe rib engages the frame toe rib; and

the block heel rib engages the frame heel rib.

14. The window frame assembly of claim 13 , wherein:

the block heel rib defines a block lip;

the frame heel rib defines a frame lip; and

the block lip of the block heel rib is positioned between the frame lip of the frame heel rib and the frame.

15. The window frame assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a glazing bead, the glazing bead engaging the frame and the setting block, the glazing bead and the setting block secured to the frame.

16. The window frame assembly of claim 15 , wherein:

the setting block comprises a block lip;

the glazing bead comprises a bead rib; and

the bead rib extends between the block lip and the frame and engages the block lip.

17. The window frame assembly of claim 15 , wherein:

the frame and the glazing bead define a glazing channel;

the window frame assembly further comprises a lite; and

a first edge of the lite is received and secured within the glazing channel between the frame and the glazing bead.

18. A window frame assembly comprising:

a frame;

a setting block comprising:

a block body secured to the frame; and

a block lip extending outwards from the block body;

a glazing bead secured to the frame and the setting block, a bead rib of the glazing bead positioned between the block lip and the frame, the glazing bead and the frame defining a glazing channel; and

a lite defining a first edge, the first edge of the lite inserted into the glazing channel; and

wherein:

the block lip defines a setting block barb;

the bead rib defines a bead barb; and

the bead barb engages the setting block barb;

the glazing bead defines a bead groove opposite from the bead barb;

the bead groove receives a bead clip defined by the frame; and

engagement between the bead groove and the bead clip secures the glazing bead to the setting block and the frame.

19. A method for assembling a window frame assembly, the method comprising:

securing a setting block of the window frame assembly to a frame of the window frame assembly; and

securing a glazing bead of the window frame assembly to the setting block and to the frame; and

wherein securing the glazing bead of the window frame assembly to the setting block and to the frame comprises:

inserting a bead rib of the glazing bead into a gap defined between the setting block and the frame; and

engaging a bead clip of the frame with a bead groove of the glazing bead.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein engaging the bead clip of the frame with the bead groove of the glazing bead comprises rocking an edge of the glazing bead towards a web of the frame.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE (REEL 050897 / FRAME 0075) Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: TRUIST BANK (AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO SUNTRUST BANK)
To: PGT INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067000/0709 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Apr 2, 2024
From: CGI WINDOWS AND DOORS, LLC; MDM UTAH, LLC; PGT INDUSTRIES, LLC; PGT INNOVATIONS, LLC; WWS ACQUISITION, LLC; WESTERN WINDOW HOLDING, LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066975/0062 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Apr 2, 2024
From: CGI WINDOWS AND DOORS, LLC; MDM UTAH, LLC; PGT INDUSTRIES, LLC; PGT INNOVATIONS, LLC; WWS ACQUISITION, LLC; WESTERN WINDOW HOLDING, LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066974/0256 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: PGT INNOVATIONS, LLC; WESTERN WINDOW HOLDING, LLC; MDM UTAH, LLC; PGT INDUSTRIES, LLC; CGI WINDOWS AND DOORS, LLC; WWS ACQUISITION, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066953/0070 →
ENTITY CONVERSION AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: PGT INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: PGT INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066946/0139 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 31, 2019
From: PGT INNOVATIONS, INC.
To: SUNTRUST BANK
Reel/Frame 050897/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2018
From: VANDER BENT, KENNETH JOHN, JR; NAU, MICHAEL DIETMAR; CHEN, HONG
To: PGT INNOVATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 046373/0201 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62614684 · Jan 8, 2018
Related Publication 20190211612A1 · Jul 11, 2019
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