Pet door kit
OwnerRobert J. Guestinventor
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Abstract
A pet door kit made of frame sides and door sides all of which may be assembled onto a mesh screen panel before the panel is required to be cut to allow for pivoting of the door. Advantageously each frame side is formed as an integral molding with an associated door side so that the skill of the installer is not required to locate the door within the frame. Economically, the two moldings thus provided are identical and securing members, i.e. pins are integrally provided to pass from one molding, through the mesh, and be force fitted into holes in the other molding. The assembly of the two moldings simultaneously and quickly assembles the door and frame onto the firm unsevered rigid support of the screen panel.
Claims19
A pet door kit for assembling to a screen panel and comprising:- a door frame having two identical frame sides and a door comprising two identical door sides, the frame sides for mounting in opposition one on each side of a mesh screen panel and the door sides for mounting in opposition one on each side of the screen panel within an aperture defined within the frame;
- each of said door sides having a first group of integrally-molded pins spaced apart around the door side and a first group of apertures correspondingly spaced apart, each of said frame sides having a second group of integrally-molded pins spaced apart around the frame side and a second group of correspondingly spaced apart apertures, said first group of pins of each door side and said second group of pins of each frame side for piercing and passing through the screen panel and engaging in the first group of apertures and the second group of apertures, respectively, of the other frame side and other door side, to secure the frame sides together and to secure the door sides together while sandwiching the screen panel between the sides of the frame and between the sides of the door;
- and in assembled condition of the kit, access being provided by a gap between the door and the frame to enable the screen panel spanning the gap to be severed around the door to permit the door to pivot within the frame.
A pet door kit comprising:- a door frame having two frame sides:
- a door comprising two door sides, the frame sides for mounting in opposition one on each side of a mesh screen panel and the door sides for mounting in opposition one on each side of the screen panel and pivotable through an aperture defined within the frame;
- a first group of securing members and a second group of securing members for passing through the screen panel with the members of the first and second groups in spaced localized positions, respectively, around the door frame and around the door to secure the frame sides together and to secure the door sides together while sandwiching the screen panel between the sides of the frame and between the sides of the door;
- and in assembled condition of the kit, access being provided to enable the screen panel to be severed around the door to permit the door to pivot within the frame, the kit comprising two integrally molded parts wherein each integrally molded part comprises a frame side, an associated door side, and an integral hinge portion by which the door side is pivotable upon the frame side. assembled to opposite sides of the screen panel, the hinge portion of one of the molded parts is offset from the hinge portion of the other of the molded parts along a corresponding edge of the door.
A method of assembling a pet door and frame onto a mesh screen panel comprising disposing two sides of a door frame in opposition one on each side of the screen panel and disposing two sides of a door each within and substantially filling an aperture defined within a respective surrounding one of the sides of the frame, the sides of the door being disposed in opposition one on each side of the screen panel extending across the aperture, securing together the opposed sides of said door frame and said door, respectively, with the screen panel sandwiched between them by passing through the screen panel in spaced localized positions, a first group of securing members to secure the frame sides together to form the frame and a second group of securing members to secure the door sides together to form the door, and then, through a gap provided between the door and the frame, severing the screen panel extending across the gap to permit the door to pivot within the frame.
A pet door and mesh screen panel combination comprising a pet door having a frame comprising two identical frame sides and a door comprising two identical door sides, the frame sides mounted in opposition one on each side of the screen panel and each of the door sides mounted in an aperture in a respective of the frame sides, each of the door sides having a first group of integrally-molded pins spaced apart around the door side and a first group of correspondingly spaced apart apertures, each of said frame sides having a second group of integrally-molded pins spaced apart around the frame side and a second group of correspondingly spaced apart apertures, said first group of pins of each door side and said second group of pins of each frame side passing through the screen panel and engaging in the first group of apertures and the second group of apertures, respectively, of the other door side and other frame side thereby securing the frame sides together and door sides together with the screen panel sandwiched between them, the door being pivotable through the aperture and that portion of the screen panel sandwiched between the door sides being that formed by severing the screen around the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.