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US 12,065,869 B1Granted
Connector system, apparatus and methods for a door frame assembly
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorAdam Kendall
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Abstract
A system, device, assembly and methods for a frame assembly, including a connector as shown and described. The assembly may be a door frame assembly and may, by way of example, be a door jamb and/or a door mullion including a connector. A connector may provide stability to the assembly.
Claims19
A frame assembly for a doorway, the frame assembly comprising:
- a first frame member having an outside surface and an inside surface opposite the outside surface;
- a second frame member having an outside surface and an inside surface opposite the outside surface, the second frame member separated from the first frame member;
- a bridge member having an outside surface, an inside surface opposite the outside surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface opposite the first end surface, the first end surface and the second end surface each extending between the outside surface and the inside surface of the bridge member;
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- a connector joining the first frame member and the second frame member with each other, the connector comprising:
- a first connector portion securing the first frame member to the bridge member;
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- a second connector portion attaching the second frame member to the bridge member, the second connector portion facing the first connector portion;
- wherein the bridge member and the connector extend from the outside surface of the first frame member to the outside surface of the second frame member to form an end cap.
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A frame assembly for a doorway, comprising:
- a first frame member having an outside surface, an end surface, and an inside surface opposite the outside surface, the end surface extending between the outside surface and the inside surface;
- a second frame member having an outside surface, an end surface, and an inside surface opposite the outside surface, the end surface extending between the outside surface and the inside surface;
- a bridge member having an outside surface, an inside surface opposite the outside surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface opposite the first end surface, the first end surface and the second end surface each extending between the outside surface and the inside surface of the bridge member;
- a first connector joining the first frame member and the bridge member with each other;
- a second connector joining the second frame member and the bridge member with each other, the second connector opposed to the first connector the first frame member and the second frame member spaced apart from one another by an end wall formed of the first connector, the second connector, and the bridge member, each of the first connector and the second connector including:
- a side cap;
- an end cover;
- an end extension piece for accepting the bridge member, the end extension piece of the first connector and the second connector wrapped about the first end surface and the second end surface of the bridge member respectively;
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- an inside securing projection extending at an angle to a respective frame member, the inside securing projection attaching the respective connector to the inside surface of the respective frame member.
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A frame assembly for a doorway, comprising:
- a first frame member having an outside surface and an inside surface opposite the outside surface;
- a second frame member having an outside surface and an inside surface opposite the outside surface;
- and
- a connector joining the first frame member and the second frame member with one another such that the first frame member is separated from the second frame member, the connector including a first wall and a second wall, the first wall and the second wall each having a terminal end, a first projection, and a second projection, the first projection of the first wall interfaces with the inside surface of the first frame member and the first projection of the second wall interfaces with the inside surface of the second frame member, the second projection of the first wall extends from the terminal end of the first wall and interfaces with the outside surface of the first frame member and the second projection of the second wall extends from the terminal end of the second wall and interfaces with the outside surface of the second frame member.
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