Door Trim Apparatus and Method for Installing Same
AssigneeLintel Lift, LLC
InventorJeffrey Kennedy
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Abstract
A trim kit for a structural opening in a structure is provided. The trim kit may include a top cover configured to be affixed to the structure above the structural opening, a side cover configured to be respectively affixed to a side of the structure laterally adjacent to the structural opening, and a top clip track including a mounting portion configured to be affixed to a front surface of the structure above the opening in the structure, and a retaining portion extending outwardly from the mounting portion and configured to receive a topside lip of the top cover.
Claims20
A trim kit for a structural opening in a structure, the trim kit comprising:
- a first top cover configured to be affixed to the structure above the structural opening;
- and
- a first side cover configured to be affixed to a lateral side of the structure adjacent to the structural opening;
- wherein at least one of the first top cover and the second top cover include a topside lip that is configured to fit within a groove in the structure above or on the lateral side of the structural opening.
A trim kit for a structural opening in a structure, the trim kit comprising:
- a top cover configured to be affixed to the structure above the structural opening;
- a side cover configured to be affixed to a side of the structure laterally adjacent to the structural opening;
- and
- a top clip track comprising:
- a mounting portion configured to be affixed to a front surface of the structure above the opening in the structure;
- and
- a retaining portion extending outwardly from the mounting portion and configured to receive a topside lip of the top cover.
A method of installing a trim kit for a structural opening in a structure, the method comprising:
- affixing a top clip track to the structure above the structural opening, wherein the top clip track comprises:
- a mounting portion configured to be affixed to a front surface of the structure above the opening in the structure;
- and
- a retaining portion extending outwardly from the mounting portion and configured to receive a topside lip of a top cover.
- inserting a topside lip of the top cover into the retaining portion;
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- affixing the top cover to a down-facing surface of the structure above the structural opening.
A clip track for securing a trim piece to an existing structure, the clip track comprising:
- a mounting portion configured to be affixed to a surface of an existing structure;
- a retaining portion extending from a front side of the mounting portion, and configured to receive a lip of the trim piece;
- a seal portion made of a resilient material and affixed to a back side of the mounting portion;
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- a plurality of barbs disposed within the retaining portion, and configured to retain the lip of the trim piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.