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Joseph Guy Reithmeyer

Duane T Fier

James Brian Libby

Mark S Hudoba

Casey L Carlson

Todd W Bruchu

James Curtis Guhl

David J Weiss

Scott Thom

Brian John Babka

Loren M Jacot

Clifford W MacDonald

Ross S McGruder

Stephen M Purcell

Tim Kelley

Andrew Maas

Dean A Pettit

Jeffry A LeClair

Wendy Polski

Shawn Miller

A laminated glass retention system for securing a laminated glass subassembly within a window sash or frame member or door panel or similar component includes a retention member applied to the laminated glass subassembly. The retention member generally can include a leg portion that engages of the laminated glass subassembly, and can further include a base portion that is coupled to the frame member in which the laminated glass subassembly is seated. The retention member helps retain the insulating glass subassembly within its frame member when subjected to high winds and wind-borne debris.

Laminated glass retention system

Fenestration unit frames with integral mull posts and methods of making the same are described herein.

Fenestration frames with integral mull posts and methods of making same

A water management system for a double hung window prevents leakage between the lower sash and the frame of the window in a blowing rainstorm. The water management system comprises interior pressure-drop seals disposed between the vertical stiles of the lower sash and the jambs of the window frame and an interior pressure drop seal disposed along an interior edge of the bottom rail of the lower sash and the sill of the frame. Exterior shingling seals are disposed at least between outside edges of the sash and the jamb and the exterior shingling seals and the interior pressure-drop seals at least partially bound vertical channels. A vent communicates between the vertical channels and the outside environment to maintain the pressure in the vertical channels substantially the same as that of the outside environment. This prevents rainwater in a blowing rainstorm from violently breaching the exterior shingling seals and splashing onto the interior pressure-drop seals, which, in turn, prevents leaks into a home.

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Afton, MN, United States of America

Joseph Guy Reithmeyer