US 4,799,529 A · Wardrobe door

Abstract

A sliding or swinging wardrobe door is sturdy and attractive and is quickly and easily assembled from a minimal number of inexpensive, lightweight and standardized components. The stiles and rails of the door frame have identical profiles and are cut as needed from a continuous length of inexpensive and lightweight aluminum channel stock. The stock is formed with a longitudinally continuous rear structure flange which improves appearance, adds strength and rigidity, and provides a site for mounting flush or recessed rollers. A longitudinally continuous internal screw race is used to add extensions onto the stock and to join the stiles and rails at mitered corners without the use of separate connecting brackets. A solid internal corner block provides a site for mounting door hinges. The block is two-sided to permit left-hand or right-hand use and is attached to the frame without the use of screws or brackets.

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Dependent claims

A door structure comprising:

a panel having a central region and a parameter region, a plurality of frame members formed of channel stock having an internal longitudinal spline having a screw race and being substantially identical in cross-section disposed about said perimeter region of the panel and being connected together to form mitered corners, a solid block disposed within said frame members at one or more of said corners, and a door hinge connected to said solid block, said solid block being provided with grooves which receive said spline to hold said solid block within said frame member.

A door structure adapted to be mounted in a door jamb, said door structure comprising:

a central panel having a central region and a perimeter region and first and second oppositely disposed panel surfaces;
a frame comprising a plurality of frame members each of which is formed of channel stock substantially identical in cross-section, said frame members being disposed about said perimeter region of the panel and being connected together at mitered corners to form said frame;
said channel stock frame members having a bottom wall, a first exterior panel holding flange and a second, interior panel holding flange extending from said bottom wall disposed upon said first and second panel surfaces respectively for holding the panel in the frame, and an exterior structure flange spaced from and substantially parallel to said first and second panel holding flanges, said second, interior panel holding flange having a raised spline containing an internal screw race, and said frame being secured together at said mitered corners by screws introduced into said screw races;
and
a means for mounting said door structure for opening and closing movement within said door jamb, said means for mounting being secured within said frame to the bottom wall of one of said frame members, and to one other of said frame members forming one of said mitered corners, said bottom wall of said one frame member having an opening formed therein, and said means for mounting having means for contacting said door jamb extending through said bottom wall opening.

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