US 10,794,069 B2 · Door hanger bracket

Abstract

A door assembly, a hanger bracket therefor which comprises an elongated manually bendable body which extends from a first wall mounting tab at one end, for a distance approximately equal to the width of a door jamb, and sufficiently far beyond to provide for forming a second wall mounting tab. The elongated body includes at least one bend line extending laterally with respect to the length of said body, whereby the body can be manually bent to form said second wall mounting tab, after the bracket has been secured to the jamb of the door assembly and the door assembly located in the door opening of the wall and secured to one side of the wall by the first wall mounting tab. Two bend lines are shown such that the bracket can be used in a wall having drywall on both sides, or in a wall having drywall on only one side.

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Dependent claims

A door hanger bracket comprising:

a flat elongated bendable body having an irregular shape;
a pre-formed first wall mounting tab projecting laterally from a first end of said elongated manually bendable body:
said elongated manually bendable body extending from said first wall mounting tab for a distance approximately equal to the width of a doorjamb, and sufficiently far beyond to provide for forming a second wall mounting tab;
said elongated manually bendable body including at least one bend line extending laterally with respect to the length of said elongated manually bendable body, whereby after said elongated manually bendable body has been passed through the space between a doorjamb and a wall opening, said elongated manually bendable body can be manually bent at said at least one bend line to form said second wall mounting tab projecting laterally from said elongated manually bendable body at said at least one bend line.

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A method for securing a pre-hung door having a door, a jamb having first and second spaced sides and a top cross piece, and hinges securing said door to said first side of said jamb, said method comprising:

securing a plurality of door hanger brackets to said hinged first side jamb of said pre-hung door assembly;
each said door hanger bracket comprising:
a flat elongated manually bendable body having an irregular shape;
a first wall mounting tab projecting laterally from a first end of said elongated manually bendable body;
said elongated manually bendable body extending from said first wall mounting tab for a distance approximately equal to the width of a door jamb, and sufficiently far beyond to provide for forming a second wall mounting tab;
said elongated manually bendable body including at least one bend line extending laterally with respect to the length of said elongated manually bendable body, whereby said elongated manually bendable body can be manually bent at said bend line to form said second wall mounting tab projecting laterally from said elongated manually bendable body at said bend line;
said step of securing a plurality of door hanger brackets to said hinged first side jamb of said pre-hung door assembly comprising aligning said preformed wall mounting tab with said front edge of said hinged first side iamb and securing said elongated body to said wall opening facing side of said first side jamb;
positioning said pre-hung door assembly with said secured hanger brackets in a door opening of a wall having first and second sides, with said first wall mounting tabs adjacent said first wall side, and thereby passing said, elongated bendable body through the space between said door iamb and said wall opening;
securing said first wall mounting tabs of said brackets to their adjacent first wall side;
bending said elongated manually bendable body of each said bracket at said bend line to form said second wall mounting tabs adjacent said second wall side;
securing said second wall mounting tabs to said second wall side.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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