Window frame for manufactured housing

Abstract

A window frame construction particularly useful in a manufactured housing unit to provide a structure for receiving and supporting at least one window and to provide coverage of ends of siding applied to the exterior of the housing unit. The window frame includes a window body member to generally circumscribe an opening in the housing unit, with a J-rail return member integrally formed therewith to provide a flange member for attachment of the window frame to the housing unit and to cover and secure ends of the siding in a slot formed between the flange member and the return member of the J-rail return. The return member has sufficient width to cover the siding ends even when the siding contracts during lowered temperatures. The window frame, in the preferred form, is constructed from extruded vinyl, and it is used principally for vinyl siding.

Description

[0001]This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 07 / 934,257, filed Aug. 25, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,392,574, issued Feb. 28, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 07 / 570,818, filed Aug. 22, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 07 / 338,306, filed Apr. 17, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 07 / 083,225, filed Aug. 10, 1987, <?delete-start id="DEL-S-00001" date="20080205" ?>abandoned<?delete-end id="DEL-S-00001" ?> <?insert-start id="INS-S-00001" date="20080205" ?>now U.S. Pat. No. 4,747,753<?insert-end id="INS-S-00001" ?>.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This invention relates to a window frame construction for principal use in manufactured housing, the frame receiving and supporting at least one window, the frame for being mounted in a window opening provided in a wall structure of the manufactured unit. This particular frame includes an integrally ...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a window frame for being received in an opening of a wall of a structure, the window frame for receiving and supporting at least one window. This frame has a body portion circumscribing the wall opening with a window receptor intermediate an inner portion of the body portion extending toward an inner wall of the structure and an outer portion of the body portion extending proximate an outer frame wall of the structure. A J-rail portion is integrally formed with the body portion so as to project outwardly from the body portion to rece...

Problems solved by technology

The manufacturers of the homes with lap siding were faced with the problem of encasing the ends of the vinyl / aluminum lap siding to exclude rain.

Also, there is often small misalignment of ends of the siding since the pieces are cut from strips, and both vinyl and aluminum expand and contract significantly under extremes of temperature.

There is also a problem that there is separate material that must be carried to (or stored at) a site of fabrication.

The main problem is the extra time that is required for its installation-measuring, cutting and fastening of separate pieces.

Unless significant care is taken during the cutting, bending and fastening of the J-rail, gaps can occur such that the finished product is less than aesthetically attractive.

Thus, although the other structural portions of manufactured homes have changed, the window manufacturers apparently did not consider other known windows to be of use for this type of siding.

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