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US 10,927,591 B1Granted
Extruded door frame with connecting molding and compartment for elongated light emitting element
OwnerJoseph Brychellinventor
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Abstract
A door frame is comprised of extruded door frame elements, each coupled with an extruded molding, and each including a compartment for containing an elongated light emitting element that is coterminous with the extruded door frame element and emits light evenly along its length and away from a wall. The compartment includes a back wall and an outer side wall with a flanged end. One or more light sources supply light to the lighting element. A controller and a sensor activate the light source upon detection of a stimulus.
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A door frame assembly comprising:
- a frame, the frame being an extruded integrally formed structure with a bottom end and a top end, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a medial wall, a back wall, a connecting wall, a cylindrical protrusion, and a spring socket, the second lateral wall being opposite the first lateral wall and the medial wall being disposed between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, the first lateral wall having a back end, the medial wall having a back end, the back wall extending from and connecting the back end of the first lateral wall to the back end of the medial wall, the back wall, first lateral wall and the medial wall defining a first compartment, the connecting wall extending from and connecting the second lateral wall to the medial wall, the cylindrical protrusion extending from the second lateral wall away from the medial wall, and the spring socket extending from the second lateral wall opposite the cylindrical protrusion towards the medial wall;
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- a lighting element, the lighting element being contained in the first compartment and extending from the bottom end of the frame to the top end of the frame in the first compartment, and the lighting element including a light emitting surface, the light emitting surface extending from the bottom end of the frame to the top end of the frame and being opposite the back wall.
A door frame assembly comprising:
- a wall,
- a doorway in the wall, the doorway having a first side, a second side, and a top, the first side of the doorway extending from a floor to the top of the doorway, the second side of the doorway being parallel to the first side of the doorway and extending from the floor to the top of the doorway, and the top of the doorway being perpendicular to the first side and second side of the doorway and extending from the first side of the doorway to the second side of the doorway,
- a first side frame, a second side frame, and a top frame each attached to the wall at a periphery of the doorway, the first side frame being adjacent to the first side of the doorway, the second side frame being adjacent to the second side of the doorway, and the top frame being adjacent to the top of the doorway, and the second side frame being parallel to the first side frame and extending from the floor to the top of the doorway, and the top frame being perpendicular to the first side frame and the second side frame and extending from the first side frame to the second side frame, and each of the first side frame, second side frame, and top frame comprising a frame structure and a lighting element;
- the frame structure being an extruded integrally formed object with a first free end and a second free end, first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, a medial wall, a back wall, a connecting wall, a cylindrical protrusion, and a spring socket, the second lateral wall being opposite the first lateral wall and the medial wall being disposed between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, the first lateral wall having a back end, the medial wall having a back end, the back wall extending from and connecting the back end of the first lateral wall to the back end of the medial wall, and the back wall, first lateral wall and the medial wall defining a first compartment, and the connecting wall extending from and connecting the second lateral wall to the medial wall, the cylindrical protrusion extending from the second lateral wall away from the medial wall, and the spring socket extending from the second lateral wall opposite the cylindrical protrusion towards the medial wall;
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- the lighting element being contained in the first compartment and extending from the first free end of the frame to the second free end of the frame in the first compartment, and the lighting element including a light emitting surface, the light emitting surface extending from the first free end of the frame structure to the second free end of the frame structure and being opposite the back wall.
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