Door frame kit
OwnerRoy W. Rumble, deceased, by Zilla K. Rumble, executrixinventors
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Abstract
A door frame kit comprises two stiles, a threshold member, and a lintel member, each stile preferably being engageable with said members irrespective of which end of the stile is uppermost. Each stile has a pair of flanges at at least one end. Each flange, which has a transverse projection, is insertable through a corresponding longitudinal opening in said one member, the stile and said one member abutting when the flange is so inserted. The other end of each stile is securable to the other member to complete a door frame.
Claims7
A kit comprising two stiles, a threshold member, and a lintel member, each stile being engageable with said threshold and lintel members, each stile having a pair of rigid, parallel flanges at one end, each flange having a neck portion extending rigidly from the end of the stile and a transverse projection from but one side of the neck, and being rotatably insertable through a corresponding longitudinal opening adjacent an end of one of said members whereby, when inserted through said opening, the neck is engaged in the opening to prevent horizontal movement of the stile relative to said one member, the projection extends away from said end of said one member and engages an inner generally horizontal surface of said one member, the stile and said one member abutting when the projection of the flange is so engaged thereby preventing vertical movement of the stile, the other end of each stile being securable to said other member to complete a rectangular frame, each stile having, at said other end, a pair of rigid flanges engageable with said one member in the same manner as the flanges at its said one end, whereby each stile is engageable with said one member irrespective of which end of the stile is uppermost.
A kit comprising two stiles, a threshold member, and a lintel member, each stile being engageable with said threshold and lintel members, each stile having a pair of flanges at one end, each flange having a neck portion extending from said one end of the stile and a transverse projection, and being rotatably insertable through a corresponding longitudinal opening in one of said members whereby, when inserted through said opening, the neck is engaged in the opening to prevent horizontal movement of the stile relative to said one member, the projection engages an inner generally horizontal surface of said one member, the stile and said one member abutting when the projection of the flange is so engaged thereby preventing vertical movement of the stile, the other end of each stile having a pair of flanges securable to said other member to complete a rectangular frame, said other member having sides which are frictionally engageable with sides of the latter flanges and having protrusions receivable within apertures in each of the latter flanges when the stile is normal to said member, whereby said securement to complete the door frame is achieved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.