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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Kenton Sites Gibbs, Jr., Rocky Mount, VA (US);
Daniel Lee Rider, Wirtz, VA (US);
Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
A magnetically attachable window screen for attachment to a window frame. The window screen includes a plurality of screen frame members. Each frame member includes a first end and a second end wherein the first and second ends are operable to receive a flange member. The window screen also includes a screen corner key with a central magnetic member and two orthogonally opposed flanges extending outwardly in a single plane from the central magnetic member. The flange members of the screen corner key are inserted into the first and second ends of orthogonally opposed adjacent screen frame members to form a fully assembled screen frame. The window screen also includes a plurality of corner key mates inserted into each corner of the screen channel of the window frame. The central magnetic member of the inserted corner key is operable for magnetic attraction to respective corner key mates.