US 12,104,432 B2
Configurable astragal and snap feature for fenestration systems
Jacob Nelson, Klamath Falls, OR (US); Yoshua Gombo, Seattle, WA (US); David Belau, Klamath Falls, OR (US); Ryan Schroeder, Klamath Falls, OR (US); and Jerry Jones, Klamath Falls, OR (US)
Assigned to JELD-WEN, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by JELD-WEN, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/075,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,275, filed on May 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,098, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0115725 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. E06B 3/46 (2006.01); E05C 7/04 (2006.01); E06B 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/365 (2013.01) [E05C 7/045 (2013.01); E06B 3/4618 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fenestration system comprising:
a frame;
a first panel slidably disposed within the frame and having a first stile, the first panel configured to slide along a sliding axis within the frame between a first position and a second position;
a second panel disposed within the frame and having a second stile; and
an astragal disposed within the frame and disposed between the first panel and the second panel along the sliding axis, the astragal having a length running perpendicular to the sliding axis, the astragal having a first slot running along the length of the astragal, the first slot facing the first stile along the sliding axis and configured to removably receive the first stile as the first panel slides from the first position to the second position, the astragal further having a second slot running along the length of the astragal, the first and second slots facing in opposite directions along the sliding axis from opposite sides of the astragal, the second stile being positioned in the second slot and fixedly secured to the astragal;
wherein the first panel is moveable away from the astragal from the second position to the first position to form a first opening in the fenestration system;
the astragal including a snap clip within the second slot, the snap clip fixedly engaging the second stile to thereby secure the second panel to the astragal; and
the second stile including a groove having inwardly-facing side walls which are contacted by the snap clip to secure the second panel to the astragal.