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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Stuart J. Uken, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Gary R. Newman, Valley Spring, SD (US);
Lawrence J. Versteeg, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Stuart J. Uken, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Gary R. Newman, Valley Spring, SD (US);
Lawrence J. Versteeg, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Amesbury Group, Inc., Amesbury, MA (US);
Abstract
A snap lock balance shoe and system to be incorporated in pivotable double hung windows. In one embodiment, the snap lock balance shoe includes a pair of retractable tabs that partially extend through openings within an inverted window balance. Embodiments of methods for installing the system include inserting a frame of the balance shoe within a jamb track of the window jamb, rotating the frame 90 degrees about a first axis, and rotating the frame 90 degrees about a second axis such that the frame is substantially fully disposed within the jamb track.