Clip mounting system for door frame
AssigneeTherma-Tru Virginia Company Inc., LLC
InventorsH. Smith McKann, Wendell Haney
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Abstract
A coupling for mounting a door frame in an opening in a wall includes two, substantially identical anchoring clips and two substantially identical retaining clips. Each anchoring clip has a base mounting portion and a resilient cantilever portion extending at an non-perpendicular angle from its base mounting portion. The anchor clips are oriented opposite to one another. Each retaining clip has a base mounting section and an angled section extending in an cantilever manner from its base mounting section. The retaining clips are oriented mirror image such that the cantilever portions of the anchoring clips engage the angled sections of the retaining clips.
Claims20
A coupling for mounting a door frame having a plurality of door jambs in an opening in a wall, which opening is defined by a plurality of wall portions, comprising:
- substantially identical, first and second anchoring clips, each of said anchoring clips having a base mounting portion and a resilient cantilever portion extending at a non-perpendicular angle from said base mounting portion, said anchoring clips being oriented adjacent and facing one another and mountable on one of the door jambs and one of the wall portions;
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- substantially identical, first and second retaining clips attached to an adjacent door jamb, each of said retaining clips having a base mounting section and an angled section extending in a cantilever manner from said base mounting section thereof, said first and second retaining clips being oriented in mirror image to one another such that said cantilever portions of said first and second anchoring clips engage said angled sections of said first and second retaining clips, respectively.
A door frame assembly mounted in an opening in a wall, comprising:
- a hinge jamb;
- a latch jamb;
- a header jamb extending between and connecting said hinge jamb and said latch jamb;
- substantially identical, first and second anchoring clips attached to one of said jambs, each of said anchoring clips having a base mounting portion and a resilient cantilever portion extending at a non-perpendicular angle from said base mounting portion, said anchoring clips facing one another;
- and
- substantially identical first and second retaining clips attached to the other of said jambs, each of said retaining clips having a base mounting section and an angled section extending in a cantilever manner from said base mounting section thereof, said first and second retaining clips being oriented in mirror image to one another such that said cantilever portions of said first and second anchoring clips engage said angled sections of said first and second retaining clips, respectively.
A coupling for mounting a door frame in an opening in a wall, comprising:
- substantially identical, first and second anchoring clips, each of said anchoring clips having a base mounting portion and a resilient cantilever portion extending at a non-perpendicular angle from said base mounting portion, each base mounting portion having substantially perpendicular first and second segments coupled along a bend, said cantilever portion of each said anchoring clip extending at an acute angle to said first segment thereof, each said first segment having an inner part adjacent said bend and an outer part remote from said bend, said inner and outer parts thereof being offset in parallel planes in a direction of said second segment, said anchoring facing one another;
- and
- substantially identical, first and second retaining clips, each of said retaining clips having a base mounting section and an angled section extending in a cantilever manner from said base mounting section thereof, said first and second retaining clips being oriented in a mirror image to one another such that said cantilever portions of said first and second anchoring clips engage said angled sections of said first and second retaining clips, respectively.
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