Door assembly
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorKevin T. MacDonald
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Abstract
A door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.
Claims20
A frame member for a door assembly, said frame member comprising:
- a core having a first end, a second end, and a top side including at least one raised portion;
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- a two-piece top piece adjoining adjacently and directly to said core to form a structural member with said core, and wherein said two-piece top piece is a composite of a first material and a plastic material, and said two-piece top piece extends along a top side of said core to cover said core along the top side and along each of the first end and the second end of said core to cover said core along the first end and the second end, and each piece of the two-piece top piece terminating in an end segment overlapping with the end segment of the other piece of the two-piece top piece such that the raised portion of the core is uncovered adjacent to the overlapping end segments of the two-piece top piece.
A frame member for a door assembly, said frame member comprising:
- a core having a first end a second end, and a raised portion comprising an edge extending vertically from the core;
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- a top piece comprising a first piece and a second piece, the top piece adjoining directly to said core to form a structural member with said core and wherein said top piece is a composite of a first material and a plastic material,
- wherein the first piece adjoins directly to the first end of said core and the second piece adjoins directly to the second end of said core such that the first piece and the second piece are discontinuous with one another to expose a portion of the edge.
A frame member for a door assembly, the frame member comprising:
- a core having a first end, a second end, and a top side including at least one raised portion;
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- a cover formed of a composite of a first material and a second material, the cover comprising a rabbet piece and a stop piece, the rabbet piece adjoining to the core along the top side and the first end, and the stop piece adjoining to the core along the at least one raised portion of the top side and the second end, the rabbet piece and the stop piece discontinuous with each other such that the rabbet piece and the stop piece overlap with one another to expose a portion of the top side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.