Cabinet door and method
AssigneeTaylorcraft Cabinet Door L.P.
InventorRobert Heath Till
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Abstract
Cabinet doors and methods of making are disclosed. A cabinet door includes a panel having an outer face and an edge disposed along a perimeter of the panel, the outer face including a dado disposed along the edge. A pair of stiles, each stile having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the stile and disposed in a portion of the dado are also included. The cabinet door further includes a pair of rails, each rail having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the rail and disposed in a portion of the dado. At least one butt joint is formed where at least one rail abuts at least one stile. The bottom surfaces of the at least one stile and the at least one rail contact the outer face.
Claims20
A cabinet door comprising:
- a panel having an outer face and an edge disposed along a perimeter of the panel, the outer face including a dado disposed along the edge;
- a pair of stiles, each stile having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the stile and disposed in a portion of the dado;
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- a pair of rails, each rail having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the rail and disposed in a portion of the dado,
- wherein at least one butt joint is formed where at least one rail of the pair of rails abuts at least one stile of the pair of stiles and the bottom surface of the at least one stile and the bottom surface of the at least one rail contact the outer face of the panel, and wherein a cross-section of the at least one stile is t-shaped and a cross-section of the at least one rail is t-shaped.
A cabinet door comprising:
- a panel having an outer face and an edge, the outer face including a dado disposed along the edge;
- a pair of stiles, each stile having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the stile and disposed in the dado;
- a pair of rails, each rail having a length, a bottom surface, and a tongue extending from the bottom surface along the length of the rail and disposed in the dado;
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- a band disposed around a perimeter of the cabinet door,
- wherein at least one butt joint is formed where at least one rail of the pair of rails abuts at least one stile of the pair of stiles and the bottom surface of the at least one stile and the bottom surface of the at least one rail contact the outer face of the panel.
A method of making a cabinet door comprising:
- forming at least one dado along an edge of an outer face of a panel;
- forming a tongue extending from a bottom surface of at least one stile of a pair of stiles, a cross-section of the at least one stile being t-shaped;
- forming a tongue extending from a bottom surface of at least one rail of a pair of rails, a cross-section of the at least one rail being t-shaped;
- inserting the tongue of the at least one stile of the pair of stiles into the at least one dado;
- positioning the at least one rail of the pair of rails along the edge of the panel and between the pair of stiles by inserting the tongue of the at least one rail of the pair of rails into the at least one dado;
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- forming at least one butt joint where the at least one rail abuts the at least one stile and the bottom surface of the at least one stile and the bottom surface of the at least one rail contact the outer face of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.