Screen door having screen retaining structure
OwnerChang Than Cheninventor
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Abstract
A screen door includes two stiles and two beams secured together to form a rectangular frame, and to define an opening within the frame, and a screen received in the opening of the frame. The stiles and the beams each may include one or more longitudinal groove to receive a spline which may force and engage the screen into the longitudinal groove of the stiles and the beams. The stiles and the beams each may include one or more longitudinal flanges extended into the longitudinal grooves and to retain the spline and the screen within the longitudinal grooves of the stiles and the beams, and to solidly secure the screen to the frame.
Claims4
A screen door comprising:
- two stiles and two beams secured together to form a rectangular frame, and to define an opening within said frame,
- a screen received in said opening of said frame,
- said stiles and said beams each including at least one longitudinal groove formed therein,
- at least one spline engaged onto said screen, to force and engage said screen into said at least one longitudinal groove of said stiles and said beams respectively,
- said stiles and said beams each including at least one longitudinal flange extended into said at least one longitudinal groove thereof respectively, and to engage with and to solidly retain said at least one spline and said screen within said at least one longitudinal groove of said stiles and said beams, and to solidly secure said screen to said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.