Door frame
AssigneeBay Industries, Inc.
InventorLawrence Frank Kerscher
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Abstract
A door frame which employs jambs or jamb assemblies which are essentially devoid of wood and other materials which are susceptible to being damaged by the affects of weather. The side jambs are fabricated of e.g. extruded aluminum moldings which extend an underlying floor/substrate to the header, and can be fabricated from a common-profile extruded aluminum molding. The jambs can also have an e.g. polymeric insert assembled thereto which can receive nails or screws, optionally without pre-drilling, in a similar manner as wood receives nails or screws. The jambs can further include a nosing either integral with, or snap assemblable thereto. The molding can further include a nail fin kerf which accepts a rigid or a flexible nailing fin.
Claims86
A door jamb, having a length, and being adapted to be received into a rough opening in a building, said door jamb comprising an aluminum molding, said aluminum molding comprising:
- (a) an extruded aluminum jamb element having a length, and comprising
- (i) a first jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face toward such rough opening,
- (ii) a second jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face away from such rough opening,
- (iii) a jamb outer panel adapted and oriented to face outwardly away from of such building, and
- (iv) a jamb inner panel adapted and oriented to face inwardly into such building;
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- (b) an extruded aluminum nosing element, integral with said extruded aluminum jamb element adapted and oriented to extend outwardly of such building from said outer panel of said jamb element, along a substantial portion of the length of said aluminum jamb element.
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A door jamb adapted to be received into a rough opening defined by framing in a building, said door jamb having a length, a rough opening side adapted and oriented to face into such rough opening when said door jamb is mounted to such building at such rough opening, and an opposing side adapted and oriented to face away from such rough opening, said door jamb comprising:
- (a) an aluminum molding, said aluminum molding defining an extruded aluminum jamb element having a length and a rear, and comprising
- (i) a first jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face toward such rough opening,
- (ii) a second jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face away from such rough opening and having a second terminal end at the rear of said jamb element,
- (iii) an outer jamb panel adapted and oriented to face outwardly of such building, and
- (iv) a rear cavity extending along the length of said aluminum jamb element, the rear cavity having a rearwardly-facing opening.
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A door frame adapted to be mounted in a rough opening in a building, said door frame comprising first and second side jamb assemblies, and a header jamb assembly extending between the first and second side jamb assemblies, at least one said side jamb assembly having an extruded aluminum upper member and a lower member, the extruded aluminum upper member having a length, and a first lower end, and defining at least one cavity extending along the length thereof, said lower member defining an upper insert portion received into the cavity and a lower extension portion extending downwardly from the first lower end of said upper member to a second lower end of said extension portion a distance sufficient to substantially avoid travel of liquid water from the second lower end of said extension portion to the first lower end of said upper member, the extension portion being defined by a durable, rot, and decay resistant, material.
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A door frame adapted to be mounted in a rough opening in a building, said door frame comprising:
- (a) first and second side jamb assemblies, and a header jamb assembly extending between the first and second side jamb assemblies, at least one of said first and second side jamb assemblies and said header jamb assembly comprising an aluminum jamb element having a length, and comprising
- (i) a first jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face toward such rough opening,
- (ii) a second jamb side panel adapted and oriented to face away from such rough opening,
- (iii) a jamb outer panel adapted and oriented to face outwardly of such building, and
- (iv) a jamb inner panel adapted and oriented to face inwardly into such building at or proximate a rear of said aluminum jamb element,
- said aluminum jamb element comprising an aluminum extrusion extending substantially the entirety of the length of said jamb assembly, said at least one side jamb assembly being supported by said aluminum extrusion, from an underlying support, within a distance of such underlying support which would enable travel of liquid water through wood over such distance, by surface tension, from a lower edge of said side jamb assembly to said aluminum extrusion;
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- (b) a header extending between the first and second side jamb assemblies.
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A door frame as in claim 76, further comprising locking structure on said aluminum jamb element, extending outwardly from said outer panel and away from such building.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.