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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424791 | Cable bracket apparatus The cable bracket mechanism is extendable between a cleat or clamp mounted to a building and a part of a bay or bow window that is remote from the building. The mechanism includes an elongated bracket having a a flange at one end extending about right angles to the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7246469 | Multi-piece eaves beam for preassembled glazed roof system An eaves beam for a glazed roof system includes a base member and an upper member. The base member includes a base plate adapted to rest on a building wall and includes upstanding wall members. The base member can be fastened from the top into the wall with the fast... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7117636 | Simultaneously operating self balanced hung window A hung window includes upper and lower sashes that may operate simultaneously. Two or more pulleys or rollers are mounted at each lateral side of the window frame. A cable interconnects each lateral side of the upper and lower sashes. The cables are routed over the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6978578 | Panel unit of controllable light transmissivity The invention provides a panel unit of controllable radiation transmissivity, including a housing constituted by a front, radiation-receiving panel and a rear panel, the panels being spaced apart and connected to one another by connecting means; a plurality of rotat... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6745519 | Garden window hangers The installation of a garden window which encloses an opening in the wall of a building is effected by installing a support structure above the wall opening from which the garden window can be hung, then hanging the garden window from this structure in opening closi... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729082 | Inwardly projecting window A window is configured to bring nature into the interior of a building in a true physical sense. The window includes a frame configured to be permanently mounted to a perimeter of an opening in the wall of the building, an at least partially open exterior surface, a... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6560937 | Extendable bay window for mobile living quarters The present invention involves a foldable bay window for mobile living quarters, such as recreational vehicles, is movable between an extended position, in which the bay window projects from a wall of the unit to a folded position, in which the components... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6532699 | Sliding glass door greenhouse A sliding glass door system includes a conventional sliding glass door, fixed glass door, and a sliding screen door in combination with a sliding glass door display case. All are mounted on the outside wall of a house to slide parallel to each other in th... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5881503 | Decorative window well A decorative window well is provided with a plurality of planters coupled to the window well for supporting plants. The planters define a plurality of rows comprising a bottom row including a single planter, an intermediate row including a pair of planter... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5836117 | Building extension A building extension having an external frame for supporting flat panels thereon with the flat panels secured to the external frame by a double-sided adhesive foam tape and having caps and flashings secured to the flat panels through use of double-sided a... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5749183 | Bay or bow window support system A window support system for a bay or bow window to be installed on a home or other building wherein the system is secured to the head board and seat board of the unit and wherein the system comprises a vertically extending hollow pipe or solid rod dispose... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5601888 | Fire-resistant members containing gypsum fiberboard Fire-resistant structures are provided having at least a 20 minute ASTM E-152 fire test rating. The structures include glass partition walls having framing members formed from a gypsum-containing composition having a density of at least about 60 lbs/ft | 02/11/1997 |
| 5458287 | Prefabricated bay window conservatory enclosure for recyclable waste receptacles A prefabricated conservatory enclosure for a waste recycling center to be attached to a building includes an upper bay window recess having a bottom counter and a lower housing for enclosing one or more receptacles for recyclable material, the counter hav... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5400557 | Window unit A bay window unit has sidewalls interconnected by a front wall and a top. A glass pane is positioned in the sidewalls and each sidewall has upper and lower rails and side rails surrounding the glass pane. A shear panel comprising a continuous sheet of mat... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5175967 | Natural light distributing apparatus An elongate conduit directed from within a dwelling to position through a roof of the dwelling includes a mirrored interior surface, with its upper terminal end oriented orthogonally relative to the conduit, and a lower terminal end including a window por... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5142819 | Greenhouse A greenhouse, to be provided in a window opening, includes an enclosed housing having a first operable window pane provided on the outer side of the window opening to allow air into the enclosed housing, and a second operable window pane provided on the i... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5099623 | Prefabricated wall insert and method of installation A prefabricated wall insert unit is disclosed for rapid installation in a wall having an outer surface, an internal space, a ceiling plate, and a floor support. When installed, an exterior assembly, with upper and side perimeter attachment areas, projects... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5063717 | Sashless bay window A sashless bay window which has a sill (20) with a curved front (22), a pair of jambs (32) and a header (34), all attached together on the ends forming a frame. A number of curved muntins (42) are joined together inside the frame creating a horizontal sub... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5027566 | Window with reflective enclosure The vertical reflective enclosure, containing a double-pane bay window panels, with movable inserts between the panes, which function as shading devices, and a light reflective panels directly extending above the bay window panels at top portion, intended... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5001875 | Prefabricated roof structure and support for bay and bow type windows A prefabricated roof structure for bay or bow type window assembly. The roof structure includes a cap of unitary construction which covers a rigid infrastructure or frame. The frame is provided with a support ledge which forms an acute angle with the fram... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4827682 | Garden window frame assembly A frame for mounting devices such as garden windows into the ordinary window frame of a builidng. It includes so-called outer channel members that preferably can surround the garden window and to which the garden window can be secured and inner channel me... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4682451 | Protective cover for window sills A protective cover for window sills comprises an elongate keeper strip (6), pinned securely to an upper surface of the sill adjacent a window frame (4); an elongate anchor strip (8) pinned to an under surface of the sill adjacent the subjacent brickwork (... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4663896 | Window frame members An interlocking mullion or window jamb of variable or adjustable angularity for use in bow or bay windows. The construction can be used with metal, plastic or wood windows.... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4643246 | Bay window with ventilator A bay window includes a frame assembly composed of an inner head, an inner transom, an inner sill, an outer head, an outer transom, an outer sill, a middle horizontal panel interconnecting the inner and outer transoms, and a lower horizontal panel interco... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4439963 | Bay window panel joint The invention is directed to an improved joint between building panels, e.g. molded roof panels for prefabricated bay windows, wherein the joint consists of a slot in the edge of one of the panels. The slot has side walls, each of which is at a different ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4292771 | Split mullion window frame design A split mullion window frame has opposite frame members adapted for either attaching the window frame to adjacent building structure or to an adjacent such frame. Both frame members employ a nailing flange for attaching opposite sides of the frame to a bu... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4103466 | Bay window unit A bay window unit is adapted to cover an opening in a building wall. An overhanging roof decking structure has a vertical first mounting portion at its inner end adapted to be fixedly secured to a fixed header in the building wall, a second mounting porti... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4023306 | Collapsible window greenhouse A collapsible, portable greenhouse which is adapted to interfit within the opening of a standard window. The greenhouse is in the form of an enclosure having a front frame member adapted to interfit with the frame defining the window opening and a pair of... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4009546 | Pre-assembled unitary bay window construction A pre-assembled unitary bay window construction having a plurality of window frames with related sash held in assembled relation by a peripheral frame structure, the frame structure being receivable in a wall opening and secured therein. The unitary windo... | 03/01/1977 |
