US 11,680,439 B2
Selective placement of advanced composites in extruded articles and building components
Patrick Jerome Gronlund, Somerset, WI (US); Jessica Kathryn Ehrlichmann, Ramsey, MN (US); Trevor Dean Peterson, Stillwater, MN (US); and Katherine April Stephan Graham, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US)
Filed by Andersen Corporation, Bayport, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/104,029.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,630, filed on Aug. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0071918 A1, Mar. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. E06B 3/20 (2006.01); E06B 3/22 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/21 (2019.01); B29C 48/11 (2019.01); B29C 70/02 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B29K 311/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B32B 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/22 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/20 (2013.01) [B29C 48/022 (2019.02); B29C 48/11 (2019.02); B29C 48/21 (2019.02); B29C 70/025 (2013.01); E06B 3/22 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29K 2311/14 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0015 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0089 (2013.01); B29L 2031/005 (2013.01); B32B 1/00 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/22 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2264/067 (2013.01); B32B 2264/101 (2013.01); B32B 2307/558 (2013.01); B32B 2398/20 (2013.01); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An extruded article for a building component comprising:
a body member comprising
a wall surrounding at least one interior channel in cross-section, the wall comprising
a first extruded portion defining a first segment of a perimeter of the at least one interior channel, the first extruded portion comprising a first composition, the first composition comprising:
a polymer resin; and
at least 20 wt. % wood particles;
a second extruded portion defining a second segment of the perimeter of the at least one interior channel, the second extruded portion contacting the first extruded portion, the second extruded portion comprising a second composition different than the first composition, the second composition comprising:
a polymer resin; and
from 20 to 50 wt. % glass fibers;
a third extruded portion comprising a third composition, the third composition different than the first composition and the second composition.