Composite door and frame

A frame assembly for supporting a door, the frame assembly comprising a plurality of pultruded frame rail elements connected together to form a frame assembly, wherein each frame element has a first leg and a second leg integral with each other and wherein each of the first and second legs have respective thicknesses and wherein each leg includes at least one internal wall defining a fully enclosed void within the thickness of the leg, wherein the second leg has integral with it a third leg parallel to the first leg and defining with the first and second legs a channel for accepting hardware, a contact plate extending across the channel and covering the channel from the third leg to the first leg, and a contact plate retaining clip for retaining the contact plate in place.

A frame assembly for supporting a door, the frame assembly comprising:

• pultruded frame rail elements having a first leg and second leg integral with each other and wherein each of the first and second legs have respective thicknesses and wherein at least one leg includes at least one internal wall defining a fully enclosed void within the thickness of the leg to define first and second spaced apart walls in the leg;
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• a mounting element for engaging a connection with a door, the mounting element engaging the first wall of one leg of the frame rail element without passing completely through the second wall of the frame rail element.

A frame assembly for supporting a door in an opening so that the door can provide a closure when installed in the frame, the frame assembly comprising:

• top, bottom, left and right pultruded frame rail elements assembled together to form a frame for supporting a closure for an opening, each frame rail element having a first leg and second leg integral with each other, and a flange on one portion of the first leg for extending over the outwardly facing portion of a wall of an opening which the frame is to be set into, wherein the first leg extends from the outwardly facing portion of the wall of the opening in a direction toward the rear of the opening, and the second leg extends substantially perpendicularly from the first leg, and a third leg extending from the second leg for defining with part of the first leg and the second leg a cavity in the frame element, wherein each of the first and second legs have respective thicknesses and wherein at least one of the first and second legs includes at least one internal wall defining a fully enclosed void within the thickness of the leg to define first and second spaced apart walls in the leg, and a mounting element for engaging a connection with a door, the mounting element engaging the first wall of one leg of the frame rail element without passing completely through the second wall of the frame rail element.

A frame assembly for supporting a door, the frame assembly comprising pultruded frame rail elements having a first leg and second leg integral with each other, wherein each of the first and second legs have respective thicknesses and wherein at least the first leg includes at least one internal wall defining a fully enclosed void within the thickness of the leg to define first and second spaced apart walls in the leg extending from a front portion of the frame to a rearward portion of the frame, and a mounting element for engaging a connection with a door, the mounting element engaging the first wall of the first leg of the frame rail element between the front portion and the rearward portion.

A method of assemblying a frame for supporting a door, the method comprising the steps of assemblying first and second frame elements wherein each of the first and second frame elements include a first leg and second leg integral with each other and wherein each of the first and second legs have respective thicknesses and wherein at least one leg includes at least one internal wall defining an at least partially enclosed void within the thickness of the leg to define first and second spaced apart walls in the leg, and mounting a joining element to the first wall of one leg of each of the frame rail elements without passing completely through the second wall of the respective frame rail elements such that adjacent ends of each of the first and second frame elements are held by the joining elements to form a corner of the frame elements.