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US 6,655,108 B2Granted
Door with lockset
AssigneeLarson Manufacturing Company
InventorsOscar Dale Larson, Allen E. Lee, Bryan P. Zacher, Bruce E. Thomas
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Abstract
A storm door has first and second elongated, partly curved lock receiving openings formed in respective elongated edges. Each opening is filled in part with a molded hollow insert with an external periphery which matches a periphery of the respective opening. A lock mechanism has a housing with an external periphery that matches, at least in part, an internal periphery of a respective insert. An actuating port in the housing has a central axis, which extends parallel to the respective edge, through the door through which extends a rotatable actuating shaft. An external handle can be attached to the shaft. An unused insert can be closed with a slidably engaging cover.
Claims34
A door comprising:
- a door body which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width and at least one elongated, non-circular boring in a first edge;
- at least one moisture excluding hollow, lock receiving plastic insert wherein the insert has an exterior profile which slidably mates with the boring and extends laterally into the door body, the insert includes at least one protrusion for engaging the door body.
A door comprising:
- a door core which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width parameter wherein first and second spaced apart, partially curved borings are formed in respective edges;
- first and second inserts, wherein each insert is formed of plastic, wherein each insert has an exterior partly curved profile which slidingly mates with a respective boring;
- a cover removably attachable to one of a respective edge and a respective insert for closing a respective insert;
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- a latch mechanism sized to fit, at least in part, in one of the inserts only in the absence of a respective cover, and wherein the latch mechanism can be affixed to the door by at least one of a fastener which extends into a respective adjacent edge or by frictional forces between the respective insert and the mechanism.
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A door comprising:
- a door body which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width and at least one elongated, non-circular boring in a first edge;
- at least one moisture excluding hollow, lock receiving plastic insert wherein the insert has an exterior profile which slidably mates with the boring and extends laterally into the door body;
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- a removable cover for the insert.
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A door as in clam 12 wherein the boring has first and second curved surface joined by first and second parallel planar surfaces.
A door comprising:
- a moisture absorbing door core which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width parameter wherein first and second spaced part, at least partially curved borings are formed in respective edges;
- at least one insert, wherein the insert is formed of plastic, wherein the insert has an exterior profile which slidingly mates with a respective boring;
- a latch mechanism sized to fit, at least in part, in one of the inserts, and wherein the latch mechanism can be affixed to the door by at least one of a fastener which extends into a respective adjacent edge or by frictional forces between the respective insert and the mechanism, and wherein the insert forms a seal which excludes moisture from the core.
A door comprising:
- a door body which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width and at least one elongated non-circular boring in a first edge;
- at least one moisture excluding, mortise lock wherein the lock has an exterior profile which slidably mates with the boring, extends laterally into the door body and substantially fills the boring to substantially exclude exterior moisture from the door body.
A door comprising:
- a door body which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width and at least one elongated non-circular boring in a first edge;
- at least one moisture excluding, mortise lock wherein the lock has an exterior profile which slidably mates with the boring and extends laterally into the door body and substantially fills the boring;
- a second non-circular boring, substantially the same as the at least one boring in second, parallel edge;
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- a removable cover for closing a selected boring.
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A door comprising:
- a moisture absorbing core which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width and at least one elongated opening in a first edge;
- at least one moisture excluding mortise lock wherein the lock has an exterior profile which slidably mates with the opening and extends laterally into the core and wherein the lock seals the core and blocks an influx of exterior moisture from entering the opening, and, wherein the lock includes a removable moisture resistant insert which substantially fills and seals the opening and contains a lock mechanism wherein an inflow of exterior moisture and the lock mechanism is blocked from being absorbed by the core.
A door comprising:
- a moisture absorbing door core which has first and second spaced apart elongated, planar sides wherein the sides are bounded by edges having a predetermined width parameter with at least one partially curved boring located in one of the edges;
- at least one insert, wherein the insert is formed of plastic, wherein the insert has an exterior profile which slidingly mates with the at least one boring;
- a latch mechanism sized to fit, at least in part, in the insert where the latch mechanism can be affixed to the door by at least one of a fastener, or, by frictional forces between the respective insert and the mechanism, and wherein the insert forms a seal which excludes moisture from the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.