Door jamb
OwnerGiovanni Careriinventor
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Abstract
A plastic door jamb member, for forming a portion of a door jamb, the plastic member having a recess for receiving a wooden doorjamb portion and; an interlocking attachment recess for interconnection with a metal reinforcement plate, so that the plastic door jamb member may be interengaged with a wooden door jamb portion, and further interengaged with a metal reinforcement plate, and installed in position as a combination door jamb assembly.
Claims20
A plastic door jamb member, for forming a portion of a door jamb for use in combination with a wooden door jamb and a metal reinforcement plate, the plastic member defining;
- a recess for receiving said wooden door jamb portion in interengagement;
- an interlocking attachment for interconnection with said metal reinforcement plate, whereby the plastic door jamb member may be interengaged with a wooden door jamb member, and further interengaged with a metal reinforcement plate, and installed in position as a combination door jamb assembly.
A plastic door jamb assembly for forming a door jamb for use in combination with at least one wooden door jamb portion and a metal reinforcement plate, the door jamb assembly defining:
- at least two door jamb plastic members;
- each of the door jamb plastic members including a recess which receives the wooden door jamb portion, and an interlocking attachment which interconnects with the metal reinforcement plate, whereby the plastic door jamb member is interengaged with the wooden door jamb member, and further interengaged with the metal reinforcement plate.
A plastic door jamb assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein the door jamb plastic members include first and second parallel spaced apart upright members and a third door jamb plastic member which is secured to the first and second door jamb plastic members to form the top portion of the door jamb, and, at least one channel shaped recess for receiving a continuous weather strip therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.