Connector for frames used in building
AssigneeStudco Building Systems Pty Ltd
InventorsKurt Schnepf, Benjamin Gordon Stevens
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Abstract
A clip or connector is provided for assembling part of a door or window frame having first and second sheet material frame members to be retained in abutting relationship and in a particular predetermined position relative to each other. Each frame member has a concave channel formation along its length. The clip has a head and a body with a neck therebetween. The head engages with a tight interference or frictional fit within the channel formation of the first frame member and the body engages with a tight interference or frictional fit within the channel of the second frame member, such that the frame members are located and held in their particular predetermined position.
Claims17
A clip for use in assembling part of a frame used in a building structure wherein first and second frame members are to be retained in abutting relationship and in a particular predetermined position relative to each other, each of said frame members being made of sheet material and having a concave formation along a length thereof, said clip comprising:
- a head and a body with a neck disposed therebetween, the head being adapted to be engaged within said concave formation of said first frame member and said body being adapted to be engaged within said channel of said second frame member, said head and said neck and said body being disposed relative to each other such that said frame members are being located and held in said particular predetermined position by said clip when the head and body are being engaged within their respective said concave formations.
A connector for connecting and holding two frame members of a building structure in abutting relationship and in a particular predetermined position relative to each other, said frame members being elongate, made of sheet material and used in the building structure to form a door or window frame, said connector, comprising:
- a clamping portion for clamping engagement with an end of one of said frame members, and a locating portion extending from the clamping portion and engageable with the other of said frame members for locating said other of said frame members so that said two frame members are being located and held in abutting relationship and in a particular predetermined position relative to each other.
An assembly of part of a door or window frame wherein a part frame is being formed of a head member and a stile or jamb member, each member having a channel defined therein which provides a door or window stop, each of said members having an end, said members being located such that the ends abut and such that the stops are being aligned and the members extending from each other at a required angle, said assembly comprising:
- a clip locating said members in their desired relative position, said clip having a first lug joined to a neck portion which is joined to a second lug,
- said first lug being engaged within said channel of either the jamb and the head member, and said second lug being engaged within said channel of other of the jamb or the head member,
- said neck portion and lugs being configured such that said members are being held in said desired relative position and the stops are being accurately aligned with each other.
A method of assembling a part of a door or window frame comprising a head member, a stile or jamb member, and a connector, each said member having a channel defined therein which forms a door or window stop, said connector having a head and a body and a neck disposed therebetween, comprising:
- checking out a wall portion of the channel of one of the members at an end thereof,
- inserting the head of the connector into the channel having the checked out portion so that the neck extends through the checked out portion and the body is located outside the channel in a position to receive the channel of the other member, and
- assembling the other member so that its channel receives the head therein and so that the head member and jamb member are located and held in their particular predetermined relative position by the connector during the installation of the door or window frame in a building construction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.