US 4,453,346 AGranted

Adjustable wall jamb for shower door

AssigneeUnited States Gypsum Company

InventorsDavid W. Powell, James W. Hodges

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Abstract

An adjustable wall jamb assembly for a shower door comprising a fixed wall jamb member adapted to be affixed to a wall, an adjustable block assembly comprising a block adapted to be affixed to the fixed wall jamb and having a threaded opening, and an adjustment screw having an external thread complementary with that of the adjustment block, the adjustment screw having an axial aperture and engaging means at one end for being engaged and rotated within the adjustment block, an adjustable jamb member adapted to slide over the fixed jamb member and to engage the end of the adjustment screw, and a screw disposed through an aperture in the adjustable jamb member, extending through the axial opening of the adjustable screw and being adapted to enter the wall on which the fixed jamb member is mounted.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable wall jamb assembly for a shower door, comprising a fixed wall jamb member adapted to be affixed to a wall, and an adjustable wall jamb member juxtaposed with respect to said fixed jamb member, an adjustable block assembly interposed between said fixed wall jamb member and said adjustable wall jamb member and comprising an adjustment block member adapted to be affixed at one end to said fixed wall jamb and having a threaded engagement means at the other end, and an adjustment screw having threaded engagement means complementary with that of said adjustment block, said adjustment screw having an axial aperture, the free end of said adjustment screw having means for being engaged by a tool for being rotated with respect to said adjustment block, said free end adapted to be in contact engagement with said adjustable wall jamb member thereby determining the spacing between said fixed and adjustable wall jamb members, said adjustable jamb member having an aperture therein at the area adapted to be in contact engagement with said adjustment screw, and a screw adapted to be disposed through the aperture in said adjustable jamb member, extending through the axial aperture of said adjustment screw, and being adapted to penetrate a wall of said fixed wall jamb member and to become affixed to the wall on which said fixed jamb member is adapted to be mounted, said fixed wall jamb member having a base web and flanges perpendicular with respect to and connected to the edges of said web, said adjustable wall jamb member being provided with flanges adapted to be disposed over the flanges of said fixed wall jamb member, said fixed wall jamb member being provided with a channel on its web having turned over lips, and said adjustment block member having a shoulder engaged within said channel and free to slide therein for adjustment until said lips are bent over to restrain said shoulder.

A shower door assembly comprising in combination, a top track, a bottom track, front and rear door panels mounted on said tracks, and an adjustable wall jamb assembly mounted on a wall at each end of said tracks, each wall jamb assembly comprising, a fixed wall jamb member affixed to one of said walls, and an adjustable wall jamb member juxtaposed with respect to said fixed jamb member, two adjustable block assemblies interposed between said fixed wall jamb member and said adjustable wall jamb member, each block assembly comprising an adjustable block member affixed at one end to said fixed wall jamb and having a threaded engagement means at the other end, and an adjustment screw having threaded engagement means complementary with that of said adjustment block, said adjustment screw having an axial aperture, the free end of said adjustment screw having means for being engaged by a tool for being rotated with respect to said adjustment block member, said free end adapted to be in contact engagement with said adjustable wall jamb member thereby determining the spacing between said fixed and adjustable wall jamb members, said adjustable wall jamb member having an aperture therein at the area in contact with said adjustment screw, and a screw disposed through the aperture in said adjustable jamb member, extending through the axial aperture of said adjustment screw, and penetrating the wall of said fixed wall jamb member and affixed to the wall on which said fixed jamb member is mounted, said fixed wall jamb member having a base web and flanges perpendicular with respect to and connected to the edges of said web, said adjustable wall jamb member being provided with flanges adapted to be disposed over the flanges of said fixed wall jamb member, said fixed wall jamb member being provided with a channel on its web having turned over lips, and said adjustment block member having a shoulder engaged within said channel and free to slide therein for adjustment until said lips are bent over to restrain said shoulder.

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