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US 5,123,211 AGranted
Garage door lite and method of assembling same
AssigneeThe Stanley Works
InventorsLarry J. Schlicht, David K. Wegner
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Abstract
A door assembly includes a door having an aperture therein and a window frame mounted in the aperture. A glazing member is mounted in the frame which has recesses formed about the glazing member. A trim panel dimensioned to overlie the glazing member has opposed ends seated in opposed recesses of the frame, and a filler strip has an engagement portion seated in another one of the recesses and a retainer portion extending outwardly of the recess.
Claims22
A door assembly including:
- (a) a door having an aperture therein for mounting a window;
- (b) a window frame mounted in said aperture and having inner surfaces defining an opening, said inner surface having aligned channels therein extending about said opening;
- (c) a glazing member mounted in said channels of said frame, said inner surfaces of said frame also having recesses formed therein adjacent said glazing member and extending along the exposed length of opposite sides and along the length of at least one other side thereof, said recesses being of lesser depth than said channels;
- (d) a resiliently deflectable trim panel having opposite sides and ends, said panel overlying said glazing member with said opposite sides seated in said opposed recesses, said trim panel being releasably retained in said recesses along said opposite sides and insertable into and removable from said recesses along said opposite sides by flexing thereof;
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- (e) a filler strip having an engagement portion removably seated in one of said recesses other than said recesses along said opposite sides and a body portion substantially closing the entry to said other recess.
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A door assembly including:
- (a) a door having an aperture therein for mounting a window;
- (b) a window frame mounted in said aperture and having inner surfaces defining an opening, said inner surfaces having aligned channels therein extending about said opening;
- (c) a glazing member mounted in said channels of said frame, said inner surfaces of said frame also having recesses formed therein adjacent said glazing member extending along both surfaces thereof and along the exposed length of all sides thereof;
- (d) a resiliently deflectable trim panel having opposed side edge portions and top and bottom edge portions, said trim panel overlying said glazing member with said opposed side edge portions being seated in the recesses along opposite sides of said glazing member and with said top edge portion being seated in the recess extending along the top thereof;
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- (e) a trim retainer having an engagement portion removably seated in the recess extending along the bottom of said glazing member, said trim retainer having a retainer portion extending outwardly of said recess and providing a lip overlying said bottom edge portion of said trim panel.
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In the method of making a door assembly, the steps comprising:
- (a) providing a door having an aperture therein for mounting a window frame;
- (b) mounting in said aperture a window frame having inner surfaces defining an opening, said inner surfaces having aligned channels therein extending about said opening, a glazing member mounted in said channels, said inner surfaces of said frame also having recesses formed therein adjacent said glazing member and extending along the exposed length of opposite sides of said glazing member and along the length of at least one other side thereof, said recesses being of lesser depth than said channels;
- (c) flexing and inserting into said frame a resiliently deflectable trim panel having opposite sides and ends, said trim panel overlying said glazing member with its opposite ends seating in said recesses on opposite sides of said glazing member;
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- (d) inserting into and removably seating in another one of said recesses a filler strip having an engagement portion seated therein and a body portion substantially closing the entry to said another recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.