Cabinet door securement system for a face frame cabinet
OwnerRon E. Kinginventor
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Abstract
A cabinet door is installed on a frame member of a face frame cabinet employing a mounting bracket attached to a hinge. The mounting bracket is secured to the frame member by a mechanical fastener which is deployed in a recess projecting inwardly from the frame member side. The mounting bracket engages the frame member side and the frame member back and covers an opening formed in the frame member side and a slot located at the frame member back.
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In combination:
- a face frame cabinet including a cabinet wall and a frame member attached to said cabinet wall and projecting therefrom over a portion of the interior of said cabinet, said frame member having a frame member front, a frame member back and a frame member side disposed between said frame member front and said frame member back, said frame member side having a T-shaped opening formed therein having a vertical opening segment and an intersecting horizontal opening segment, said vertical opening segment communicating with a recess in said frame member located between said frame member front and frame member back and said horizontal opening segment communicating with a slot formed in said frame member back, said slot having a vertical dimension less than the vertical dimension of said recess;
- a hinge including a first hinge member attached to a cabinet door and a second hinge member pivotally connected to said first hinge member;
- a mounting bracket including a first bracket plate attached to said second hinge member and projecting therefrom and a second bracket plate attached to said first bracket plate and extending substantially orthogonal thereto, said second bracket plate having a plate opening formed therein, said first bracket plate disposed parallel and adjacent to said frame member side and covering said T-shaped opening and said second bracket plate disposed parallel and adjacent to said frame member back and at least partially covering said slot;
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- fastener means fastening said mounting bracket and said hinge to said frame member, said fastener means comprising a bolt extending through said plate opening and into said slot and a fastener member disposed in said recess and threadedly engaged with said bolt, a portion of said frame member defining said slot clampingly engaged between said second bracket plate and said fastener member.
A hinge mounting assembly for a face frame cabinet including a cabinet wall and a frame member attached to said cabinet wall and projecting therefrom over a portion of the interior of said cabinet, said frame member having a frame member front, a frame member back and a frame member side disposed between said frame member front and said frame member back, said frame member side having a T-shaped opening formed therein having a vertical opening segment and an intersecting horizontal opening segment, said vertical opening segment communicating with a recess in said frame member located between said frame member front and frame member back and said horizontal opening segment communicating with a slot formed in said frame member back, said slot having a vertical dimension less than the vertical dimension of said recess, said hinge mounting assembly comprising, in combination;
- a hinge including a first hinge member for attachment to a cabinet door and a second hinge member pivotally connected to said first hinge member;
- a mounting bracket including a first bracket plate attached to said second hinge member and projecting therefrom and a second bracket plate attached to said first bracket plate and extending substantially orthogonal thereto, said second bracket plate having a plate opening formed therein, said first bracket plate for positioning parallel and adjacent to a frame member side and for covering T-shaped opening in the frame member side and said second bracket plate for positioning parallel and adjacent to a frame member back and for at least partially covering a slot in the frame member back;
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- fastener means for fastening said mounting bracket and said hinge to said frame member, said fastener means comprising a bolt for extending through the plate opening and into the slot and a fastener member for positioning in a recess in the frame member and threadedly engageable with said bolt.
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