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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Stuart J. Uken, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Gary R. Newman, Valley Springs, SD (US);
Lawrence J. Versteeg, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Inventors:
Stuart J. Uken, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Gary R. Newman, Valley Springs, SD (US);
Lawrence J. VerSteeg, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Assignee:
Amesbury Group, Inc., Amesbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 15/08 (2006.01); E05C 17/64 (2006.01); E05D 13/00 (2006.01); E05D 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 15/08 (2013.01); E05D 13/08 (2013.01); E05D 13/1207 (2013.01); E05D 15/22 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/67 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/148 (2013.01); Y10T 16/64 (2015.01);
Abstract
Locking balance shoes and balance systems to be incorporated in pivotable double hung windows include, in one embodiment, a pair of retractable tabs that partially extend through openings within an inverted window balance. In one embodiment of the method of installing such a system, an enlarged portion of the balance shoe is inserted into a window jamb and then rotated into position.