Solid core vinyl screen door
OwnerGuerry E Greeninventor
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Abstract
A screen door made of foamed, closed-cell, solid-core polyvinyl chloride includes two rails and two stiles connected together to form a rectangular frame having an opening. A groove is milled into the frame around the opening. The screen that is to cover the opening is fastened to the frame by pressing it with a spline into the groove. The rails and stiles are connected using dowels in addition to adhesives, or, alternatively, using screws and traditional mortise and tenon joints. Holes are drilled into the stiles and then screws are driven into the rails from within the holes. The holes are then filled with foamed plastic plugs over the screws. The screen door can be cut and trimmed at the job site to fit it to the particular door frame, removing up to about an inch from each edge.
Claims23
A screen door, comprising:
- two spaced apart stiles;
- two spaced apart rails, said two rails and two stiles being connected together to form a rectangle having an opening defined by the distances said rail and said stiles are spaced apart;
- a screen dimensioned to cover said opening;
- and
- means for fastening said screen to said two rails and said two stiles,
- said two rails and two stiles being made of solid foamed plastic.
A screen door, comprising:
- two rails and two stiles connected together to form a rectangular frame that defines an opening, said rectangular frame having an outer edge;
- a screen dimensioned to cover said opening;
- and
- means for fastening said screen to said rectangle,
- said two rails and two splines made of foamed plastic and adapted to be trimmed and cut along said outer edge by up to approximately an inch.
A screen door made by a process comprising the steps of:
- forming a rectangular frame of solid plastic rails and stiles, said rectangular frame having an opening;
- drilling holes into said stiles;
- connecting said rails and stiles by screws driven into said rails from said holes in said stiles;
- forming a groove in said rectangular frame around said opening;
- pressing a screen into said goove with a spline;
- and
- cutting said rectangular frame to fit a door frame.
A screen door made by a process comprising the steps of:
- forming a rectangular frame of closed-cell, substantially solid plastic rails and stiles, said rectangular frame having an opening;
- drilling holes into said stiles and rails;
- connecting said rails and stiles by dowels driven into said rails and said stiles;
- fastening a screen to said rectangular frame;
- and
- cutting said rectangular frame to fit a door frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.