A thermally broken sunshade anchor can attach a sunshade to a mullion of a curtain wall of a building structure. The thermally broken sunshade anchor has a body for connection to the sunshade, a wall attachment member for attachment to the curtain wall, and a thermal break between the body and the w
A thermally broken sunshade anchor can attach a sunshade to a mullion of a curtain wall of a building structure. The thermally broken sunshade anchor has a body for connection to the sunshade, a wall attachment member for attachment to the curtain wall, and a thermal break between the body and the wall attachment member. The thermal break is positioned adjacent a thermal break location portion of the body and adjacent a thermal break location portion of the wall attachment member. The thermal break resists heat transfer such that the body and the wall attachment member are substantially thermally isolated from each other by the thermal break. The thermal break can be formed by pour and debridge processes.
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The invention is claimed as follows: 1. A sunshade anchor, comprising: a body having a sunshade attachment portion and a thermal break location portion, the sunshade attachment portion comprising at least one arm, said at least one arm being cantilevered outwardly from the body along an axis that e
The invention is claimed as follows: 1. A sunshade anchor, comprising: a body having a sunshade attachment portion and a thermal break location portion, the sunshade attachment portion comprising at least one arm, said at least one arm being cantilevered outwardly from the body along an axis that extends through the body; a thermal break having a resistance to heat transfer, the thermal break being disposed adjacent the thermal break location portion of the body; a wall attachment member having a wall attachment portion and a thermal break location portion, the thermal break location portion of the wall attachment member being disposed adjacent the thermal break, and the wall attachment portion extending outwardly from the thermal break location portion in a direction substantially parallel to the axis and opposite the at least one arm of the sunshade attachment portion; and a fastener mounting hole extending through the body, the thermal break and the wall attachment member; wherein the body and the wall attachment member are substantially thermally isolated from each other by the thermal break. 2. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein the body and the wall attachment member are substantially not connected to each other except for the thermal break. 3. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, further comprising: an interlocking engagement between the body and the thermal break; and an interlocking engagement between the wall attachment member and the thermal break. 4. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein: the thermal break location portion of the wall attachment member comprises an elongated base portion, the wall attachment portion comprises at least one appendage protruding from the elongated base portion in the direction substantially parallel to the axis and opposite the at least one arm of the sunshade attachment portion, and each appendage protrudes from the base portion along a longitudinal centerline of the base portion and each appendage has at least one enlarged engagement head. 5. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein the sunshade attachment portion further comprises first and second arms extending from the base and spaced apart from each other, wherein the axis is a first axis, the first arm extends along the first axis, and the second arm extends along a second axis, and wherein the first axis is substantially parallel to the second axis. 6. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein the thermal break is in direct contact with at least one of the thermal break location portion of the body and the thermal break location portion of the wall attachment member. 7. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein the thermal break and the wall attachment member are made together as a unitary, one-piece thermal break. 8. A sunshade for mounting to a building structure, comprising: first and second sunshade anchors which mount to the building structure, the sunshade anchors each having a thermal break a first outrigger extending from the first sunshade anchor and a second outrigger extending from the second sunshade anchor, the first and second outriggers being spaced apart from each other, and the first and second outriggers being cantilevered outwardly from the sunshade anchors in a direction substantially parallel to an axis extending between an exterior side of the building structure and an interior side of the building structure; and a plurality of louvers, each louver extending from the first outrigger to the second outrigger, wherein each sunshade anchor comprises: a channel body connected to the first and second outriggers, and a wall attachment member configured for contacting the building structure, the wall attachment member extending outwardly from the sunshade anchor in a direction substantially opposite the first and second outriggers and substantially parallel to the axis, and wherein the channel body and the wall attachment member are substantially thermally isolated from each other by the thermal break. 9. The sunshade anchor of claim 1, wherein: the thermal break location portion of the wall attachment member comprises an elongated base portion, and the wall attachment portion comprises at least one appendage protruding from the elongated base portion in the direction substantially parallel to the substantially horizontal axis and opposite the at least one arm of the sunshade attachment portion. 10. The sunshade anchor of claim 1 wherein the axis is a substantially horizontal axis, and the wall attachment portion comprises at least one appendage protruding from the elongated base portion in the direction substantially parallel to the substantially horizontal axis and opposite the at least one arm of the sunshade attachment portion. 11. The sunshade anchor of claim 1 wherein the axis is a substantially horizontal axis.
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