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EP 1918500 B1 20090218 - Blind frame

Title (en)

Blind frame

Title (de)

Blendrahmen

Title (fr)

Dormant

Publication

EP 1918500 B1 20090218 (DE)

Application

EP 07015243 A 20070803

Priority

EP 07015243 A 20070803

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1918500A1] An insert frame, for fitting windows and doors into a building, has a one piece construction with a base frame (10) with outer (11) and inner (12) flanges to align the frame into the wall and to fit the window/door frame. The flanges are set normal to the main frame and the outer flange is further braced by ribs (13). The frame is a one piece molding using recycled HDPE.

IPC 8 full level

E06B 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E06B 1/02 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1918500 A1 20080507; EP 1918500 B1 20090218; AT E423261 T1 20090315; DE 502007000449 D1 20090402; DK 1918500 T3 20090615; PL 1918500 T3 20090731; SI 1918500 T1 20090831

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 07015243 A 20070803; AT 07015243 T 20070803; DE 502007000449 T 20070803; DK 07015243 T 20070803; PL 07015243 T 20070803; SI 200730029 T 20070803