Residential entryway door with concealed multipoint lock
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsTomasz Jaskiewicz, Adam Kendall
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Abstract
A door panel for use in a residential entryway includes a frame having a first stile, a second stile, a top rail connecting the first stile to the second stile, and a bottom rail connecting the first stile to the second stile. The door panel also includes a pair of opposing skins on respective faces of the frame. The first stile includes a channel along a length thereof on an interior longitudinal surface of the first stile. A cover is attached to the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile to at least partially seal the channel
Claims15
A door panel for use in a residential entryway, the door panel comprising:
- a frame, comprising:
- a first stile including an interior longitudinal surface;
- a second stile, the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile facing the second stile;
- a top rail connecting the first stile to the second stile;
- and
- a bottom rail connecting the first stile to the second stile;
- and
- a pair of opposing skins on respective faces of the frame,
- wherein the first stile includes a channel defined in the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile, the channel extending from the top rail to the bottom rail,
- wherein a cover is attached to the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile to at least partially seal the channel.
A method of forming a door panel comprising a multipoint lock, the method comprising:
- acquiring a first stile, a second stile, a top rail, and a bottom rail suitable for forming a frame of the door panel;
- creating a channel in a longitudinal surface of the first stile;
- at least partially positioning the multipoint lock within the channel;
- attaching a cover to the longitudinal surface to seal at least a portion of the channel;
- joining the first stile, the second stile, the top rail, and the bottom rail to form the frame with the channel facing the second stile;
- joining a pair of skins to the frame;
- and
- at least partially filling an interior of the frame with an insulating material after the skins are joined to the frame,
- wherein the cover substantially prevents the insulating material from entering the channel.
A door panel for use in a residential entryway, the door panel comprising:
- a frame, comprising:
- a first stile including an interior longitudinal surface and a channel defined in the interior longitudinal surface;
- a second stile, the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile facing the second stile;
- a top rail connecting the first stile to the second stile;
- and
- a bottom rail connecting the first stile to the second stile;
- a pair of opposing skins on respective faces of the frame;
- a multipoint lock at least partially installed in the channel;
- and
- a cover attached to the interior longitudinal surface of the first stile to at least partially seal the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.