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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
David S. Levine, Bethesda, MD (US);
Jerome Carl Habeck, Holt, MI (US);
Dennis C. Westphal, Parma, MI (US);
Stanley Gursky, Yardley, PA (US);
Certainteed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
A window frame member for inclusion in a window frame assembly is disclosed. The window frame member includes a channel shaped to accept an edge of a siding or sheathing product attached to a structure. The channel has sufficient depth to at least partially cover the siding or sheathing during expansion or contraction of the siding or sheathing. The window frame member also includes a first flange portion that may be used to attach the frame member to the structure. The window frame member also includes a second flange portion that cooperates with the channel to cover the siding or sheathing.