Access doors
AssigneeLes Industries Cendrex Inc.
InventorsSYLVAIN DAVID, ANNIE LAROUCHE, JEAN ROBICHAUD
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Abstract
An access door adjustable to an opening, comprising a frame adjustable to the width and the height of the opening; and a door panel, the frame comprising side members and corner members; each side member having a section adapted to receive an edge of the opening and comprising a first part adapted to lay flat on an outer surface of the edge of the opening and a second part extending within the opening and comprising engagement positions, the engagement positions being adapted to engage the corner members between a maximum length for each side of the frame by using outermost engagement positions and a minimum length for each side of the frame, depending on the size of the opening, the frame receiving the door panel for closing the opening.
Claims24
An access door adjustable to an opening having a size defined by a width and a height, comprising:
- a frame adjustable to the width and the height of the opening;
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- a door panel, of a size at least the size of the opening;
- wherein said frame comprises side members and corner members;
- each side member having a section adapted to receive an edge of the opening and comprising a first part adapted to lay flat on an outer surface of the edge of the opening and a second part extending within the opening, said second part comprising engagement positions along a length thereof, said engagement positions being adapted to engage the corner members between a maximum length for each side of the frame by using outermost engagement positions along the length of the side member on each side of the side member and a minimum length for each side of the frame by using innermost engagement positions on each side of the side member, depending on the size of the opening, said frame receiving said door panel for closing said opening.
A method for closing an opening having relatively straight edges in a panel, comprising:
- a) aligning a first side member and a first corner member, the side member comprising a first part and a second part, the second part comprising engagement positions;
- b) engaging one of the engagement positions of the side member with the corner member based on the size of the opening, and snapping the corner member and the side member together;
- c) repeating steps a) and b) with a second, third and fourth side members and a second, third and fourth corner members to form a frame of the size of the opening;
- d) positioning the frame within the opening, the corners members fitting with the corners of the opening, the first part of each side member sitting on an outer surface of the edge of the opening, and the second part of each side member extending into the opening;
- e) aligning at least one glide provided on an inner surface of a door panel with a notch of at least one corner member based on the size of the frame and engaging a distal end of the glide in the notch;
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- f) moving the door panel against the frame.
A frame for an opening, comprising:
- sides having a section adapted to receive an edge of the opening and comprising a first part adapted to lay flat on an outer surface of the edge of the opening, and a second part extending within the opening;
- said second part comprising positioning slots;
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- corners, each corner comprising two arms at a substantially right angle, each arm comprising a positioning pin adapted to engage a positioning slot of a side;
- wherein said sides are connected two by two by said corners by selecting a positioning slot of the sides for engagement by said positioning pin based on a size of the opening.
A method for adjusting a frame about an opening, comprising:
- a) aligning a first side member and a first corner member, the side member comprising a first part and a second part, the second part comprising positioning slots;
- and the corner member comprising two arms each having a positioning pin;
- b) engaging a positioning slot of the side member with the positioning pin of an arm of the corner member based on the size of the opening, and snapping the corner member and the side member together;
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- c) repeating steps a) and b) with a second, third and fourth side members and a second, third and fourth corner members to form a frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.