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US 2009/0212477 A1Published application
Adjustable Door Spreader
OwnerJoseph Secretoinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an adjustable door spreader apparatus for use in the door framing industry. The apparatus equips a carpenter engaged in framing doors with an adjustable door spreader capable of spreading virtually all common door sizes, thereby saving time and materials by eliminating the need to build a single-use spreader for each door to be framed.
Claims15
An adjustable door spreader, comprising:
- a) a base member comprising a top surface and having two longitudinally opposed notches, and comprising two longitudinal rails extending upward from opposing edges of the top surface;
- b) a slideable member slideably affixed to the base member and retained thereon by the rails, wherein the slideable member has longitudinally opposed notches;
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- (c) means for securing the slideable member to the base member at a desired extension length wherein the means for securing comprises pairs of recesses at desired locations of the base member, at least one pair of holes at desired locations of the slideable member, and locking pins capable of passing through the holes in the slideable member into the recesses of the base member;
- whereby the door spreader may be adjusted to accommodate a variety of widths separating a first door buck and a second door buck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.