Building structure
OwnerCharles Helfmaninventor
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Abstract
Composite wood and metal building structure including a metal angle iron frame having an integral latch strike and dead bolt recess therein and a wood door hingedly secured within the frame for installation together therewith in a building opening, with one leg of the angle iron frame extending transversely of the door about the edges thereof and with the other leg of the angle iron door frame extending substantially in the plane of the door about the periphery of a building structure opening.
Claims4
Building structure comprising an opening in a building, door jambs at the opposite sides of the opening and a head member at the top of the opening in the building structure, a metal frame positioned in the opening in engagement with the door jambs and head member including angle iron vertically extending jamb members and an angle iron horizontally extending head member and a metal door sill extending between the angle iron frame jamb members at the bottom thereof, said metal frame being positioned on the inside of the opening with one short leg of the angle iron members thereof being approximately 1/4 inch long and extending substantially in the plane of the opening on the inside thereof and terminating at interior trim around the opening in the building and the other, longer leg of the angle iron members extending transversely into the opening toward the outside thereof, means securing the metal frame to the building structure about the opening, and a wood door secured to the metal frame for installation with the metal frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.