US 12,173,553 B2
Screen edge retention and screen rethreading features for a hidden screen assembly and a fenestration assembly
Jonathan S. Hoogland, Altoona, IA (US); Evan R. Vande Haar, Pella, IA (US); Brian L. Kolb, Pella, IA (US); Scot C. Miller, Pella, IA (US); Steven D. Lauritsen, Otley, IA (US); Jennifer A. Tuetken, Pella, IA (US); and Todd A. Bernhagen, Pella, IA (US)
Assigned to Pella Corporation
Filed by Pella Corporation, Pella, IA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,959.
Application 18/096,959 is a division of application No. 16/222,416, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,643,864.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,322, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/620,877, filed on Jan. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/620,876, filed on Jan. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175311 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. E06B 9/54 (2006.01); E06B 3/44 (2006.01); E06B 7/22 (2006.01); E06B 7/23 (2006.01); E06B 9/58 (2006.01); E06B 9/60 (2006.01); E06B 9/80 (2006.01); E06B 9/52 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/4415 (2013.01) [E06B 7/22 (2013.01); E06B 7/2307 (2013.01); E06B 7/231 (2013.01); E06B 7/2314 (2013.01); E06B 9/54 (2013.01); E06B 9/581 (2013.01); E06B 9/582 (2013.01); E06B 9/60 (2013.01); E06B 9/80 (2013.01); E06B 2003/4492 (2013.01); E06B 2009/528 (2013.01); E06B 2009/588 (2013.01); E06B 2009/807 (2013.01); E06B 2009/808 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fenestration assembly comprising:
a sash;
a frame surrounding the sash, the frame including:
a head; and
a sill; and
two jambs connecting the head to the sill, the sash slideably engaged with the two jambs, each of the two jambs including:
an interior facing surface perpendicular to a plane of the sash;
a first slot in the interior facing surface and extending longitudinally from the sill and toward the head, the first slot defining first and second opposing inner faces parallel to the plane of the sash, the first slot including:
a chamfered portion defined at an intersection of the interior facing surface of the jamb and the first inner face of the first slot at an end of the first slot adjacent to the sill; and
a transition portion between the chamfered portion and a remainder of the first slot; and
a rethreading slot through the jamb and into communication with the first slot, and disposed at an end of the jamb adjacent to the sill; and
a screen assembly mounted in the sill, the screen assembly including:
a roller assembly substantially hidden from view; and
a screen material attached to the roller assembly, a leading end of the screen material coupled to the sash, the screen assembly configured to wind the screen material around the roller assembly and to permit the screen material to unwind from the roller assembly, edges of the screen material extending into the first slot of each of the two jambs; and
wherein the rethreading slot facilitates automatic rethreading of the edges of the screen material into the first slot of each of the two jambs when the leading end of the screen material moves through the chamfered portion and the transition portion of the first slot during the winding of the screen material if the edges of the screen material, when not wound on the roller assembly, have been forced out of the first slot.