US 11,927,049 B1
Insulated portal
Richard Mazur, Mesa, AZ (US); Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi, Chandler, AZ (US); Cameron Miles Wyatt, Gilbert, AZ (US); Jacob Blackburn, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Kraig Hoekstra, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to PGT Innovations, Inc., North Venice, FL (US)
Filed by PGT Innovations, Inc., North Venice, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,109.
Application 17/500,109 is a division of application No. 16/752,530, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,174,668.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/798,812, filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Int. Cl. E06B 3/263 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E06B 3/66 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/263 (2013.01) [E05B 65/0025 (2013.01); E06B 3/6612 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/148 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a portal, the method comprising:
obtaining a stile, the stile comprising a first stile and a second stile;
arranging a thermal strut and insulative bar between the first stile and the second stile, wherein the insulative bar defines a lock groove, the lock groove defines a front portion, a central portion, and an internal portion, the front portion is separated from the central portion by a first pair of bosses, and the central portion is separated from the internal portion by a second pair of bosses;
arranging a lock assembly within the lock groove, the lock assembly comprising a fastening plate rotatably coupled to the lock assembly; and
coupling the lock assembly to the stile by rotating the fastening plate and, thereafter, engaging fasteners to provide friction between the fastening plate and the insulative bar.