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US 4,698,944 AGranted
Flush finishing metal door frame
OwnerWilliam R. Wilkins, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A flush finishing metal door/window frame is provided for a reveal of an opening in a wall that has a pair of oppositely positioned wall board sheets. Wall finishing materials are used for finishing outside surface of the wall board sheets and stepped side flanges of a frame member in a continuous flush manner.
Claims6
A flush finishing metal frame for a reveal of an opening in a wall having a pair of oppositely positioned wall board sheets comprising:
- (a) a metal frame member having a stop portion and a pair of opposite positioned stepped side flanges thereon;
- (b) means for connecting said metal frame member to said reveal with said side flanges extending over said wall board sheets, wherein said connecting means includes:
- (i) a mounting clip having a stationary nut thereon, said clip attached to said reveal;
- (ii) a screw extending through said stop portion of said metal frame member, and
- (iii) a lock collar attached onto said screw so as to engage with back of said stop portion on said metal frame member when said screw is threaded into said stationary nut on said mounting clip;
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- (c) means for finishing outside surfaces of said wall board sheets and said stepped side flanges of said frame member in a continuous flush manner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.