Surface mounted door frame
AssigneeTd IP Holdco, LLC
InventorPatricia Yulkowski
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Abstract
A door frame system comprises a wall and a door frame. The door frame comprises a sub-buck portion and a shell portion, coupled to the sub-buck portion. The sub-buck portion comprises a sub-buck mounting arm including at least one mounting aperture, a sub-buck rabbet arm coupled to one end of the sub-buck mounting arm and a sub-buck support arm coupled to the sub-buck mounting arm opposite the sub-buck rabbet arm. The sub-buck portion is surface mounted to a single surface of the wall through the at least one mounting aperture.
Claims27
A door frame system, comprising:
- a wall, and
- a door frame, including
- (i) a sub-buck portion having
- a sub-buck mounting arm including at least one mounting aperture,
- a sub-buck rabbet arm, coupled to one end of the sub-buck mounting arm, and
- a sub-buck support arm, coupled to the sub-buck mounting arm opposite the sub-buck rabbet arm;
- and
- (ii) a shell portion, coupled to the sub-buck portion;
- wherein the sub-buck portion is surface mounted to a single surface of the wall through the at least one mounting aperture.
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A sub-buck portion of a door frame, consisting of
- a sub-buck mounting arm having at least one mounting aperture,
- a sub-buck rabbet arm, coupled to one end of the sub-buck mounting arm, and
- a sub-buck support arm, coupled to the sub-buck mounting arm opposite the sub-buck rabbet arm,
- wherein the sub-buck mounting arm is capable of being surface mounted to a single surface of a wall.
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A shell portion of a door frame, consisting of
- a shell support arm,
- a facing arm, coupled to the shell support arm,
- a shell rabbet arm, coupled to the facing arm,
- a stop, coupled to the shell rabbet arm,
- a soffit, coupled to the stop,
- a return, coupled to the soffit, and
- a backbend, coupled to the return,
- wherein the shell rabbet arm and the stop define a rabbet.
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A fire door assembly, comprising
- a fire rated door frame, including
- (1) a sub-buck portion having
- a sub-buck mounting arm including at least one mounting aperture,
- a sub-buck rabbet arm, coupled to one end of the sub-buck mounting arm, and
- a sub-buck support arm, coupled to the sub-buck mounting arm opposite the sub-buck rabbet arm;
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- (2) a shell portion, coupled to the sub-buck portion;
- a fire rated hinge, coupled to the fire rated door frame, and
- a fire rated door, coupled to the fire rated hinge,
- wherein the sub-buck portion is capable of being surface mounted to a single surface of a wall through the at least one mounting aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.