Door-ready molding
AssigneeLarson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, Inc.
InventorsAlan M. Dixon, Michael W. Kondratuk, Jammey A. Rawden
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Abstract
A door system including a primary door molding attachable to a primary door frame, the primary door molding including a first vertical member and a first hinge member extending from the first vertical member. One of a horizontal member from which the first vertical member downwardly extends and the first vertical member includes a first rotatably engageable element, and the first hinge member includes a second rotatably engageable element vertically spaced from the first rotatably engageable element.
Claims20
A door system comprising:
- a door molding attachable to a door frame, the door molding comprising:
- a horizontal member;
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- a first vertical member extending downwardly from the horizontal member and including a first hinge member;
- wherein one of the horizontal member from and the first vertical member comprises a first rotatably engageable element, and wherein the first hinge member comprises a second rotatably engageable element vertically spaced from the first rotatably engageable element;
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- a door panel rotatably engageable with the first and second rotatably engageable elements, the door panel comprising a third rotatably engageable element engageable with the first rotatably engageable element and a fourth rotatably engageable element engageable with the second rotatably engageable element;
- wherein the first rotatably engageable element comprises a first pin-receiving portion and the third rotatably engageable element comprises a first pin rotatably engageable with the first pin-receiving portion, and the second rotatably engageable element comprises a second pin-receiving portion and the fourth rotatably engageable element comprises a second pin rotatably engageable with the second pin-receiving portion;
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- wherein at least one of the first pin and the second pin is spring loaded so as to be retractable and extendable.
A door system comprising:
- a door molding attachable to a door frame, the door molding comprising:
- a horizontal member;
- a first vertical member extending downwardly from the horizontal member and including a first hinge member;
- and
- a second vertical member extending downwardly from the horizontal member and spaced from the first vertical member;
- wherein one of the horizontal member and the first vertical member comprises a first rotatably engageable element, and wherein the first hinge member comprises a second rotatably engageable element vertically spaced from the first rotatably engageable element;
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- wherein each of the first and second vertical members comprises a mounting adapter channel and wherein the door system further comprises first and second mounting adapters with holding segments positionable in the mounting adapter channels of the first and second vertical members.
A door system comprising:
- a door molding attachable to a door frame, the door molding comprising:
- a horizontal member;
- a first vertical member extending downwardly from the horizontal member and including a first hinge;
- and
- a second vertical member extending downwardly from the horizontal member and spaced from the first vertical member;
- wherein one of the horizontal member and the first vertical member comprises a first rotatably engageable element, and wherein the first hinge member comprises a second rotatably engageable element vertically spaced from the first rotatably engageable element
- a door panel rotatably engageable with the first and second rotatably engageable elements;
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- a door closer mechanism attached to the horizontal member and the door panel, the door closer mechanism including a door closer concealed in one of the horizontal member and a top portion of the door, and a door closer arm having a first end connected to the door closer and a second end connected to the other of the horizontal member and the top portion of the door panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.