Door skin, method of manufacturing a door produced therewith, and door produced therefrom
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsSteven K. Lynch, Bei Hong Liang, Mark A. Ruggie, Jason M. Walsh, Henry M. Coghlan, Geoffrey B. Hardwick
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Abstract
A door skin comprises an exterior side and an interior side for being secured to a frame member. First and second molded, spaced stiles lie on a first plane. A flat planar portion is disposed between the stiles and lies on a second plane spaced from the first plane. A first interface portion is disposed between and contiguous with the stiles and the flat planar portion. First and second integrally molded, spaced rails lie on a third plane, wherein the third plane is intermediate the first and second planes.
Claims43
A door, comprising:
- a peripheral frame having oppositely disposed sides;
- first and second laminated blank door skins, each one said first and second door skins being formed from a substrate laminated with a decorative covering before said substrate was reformed into said laminated door skin;
- each one of said laminated blank door skins having an exterior side and an interior side for being secured to a frame member, first and second formed, spaced stiles lying on a first plane, first and second formed, spaced rails lying on a second plane, a flat planar portion disposed between said stiles and said rails and lying on a third plane, a first interface portion disposed between and contiguous with said stiles and said flat planar portion, a second interface portion disposed between and contiguous with said rails and said flat planar portion, and edge portions disposed between and contiguous with said rails and said stiles;
- each one of said door skins having cracks in said decorative coating, said cracks being located within and contiguous to said first and said second interface portions, each one of said door skins having molding to cover said cracks, said molding being attached to said laminated door skins at said first and second interface portions to cover said cracks.
A door skin, comprising:
- an exterior side;
- an interior side for being secured to a frame member;
- first and second molded, spaced stiles having exterior surfaces lying in a first plane;
- a flat planar portion disposed between the stiles and having an exterior surface lying in a second plane spaced from the first plane;
- interface portions disposed between and contiguous with the stiles and the flat planar portion;
- a decorative layer applied over the exterior side, wherein the decorative layer includes cracks;
- and
- at least one molding insert secured to the decorative layer for covering the cracks.
A door, comprising:
- a peripheral frame having oppositely disposed first and second sides;
- and
- first and second door skins secured to the first and second sides of the frame, respectively, the first door skin comprising
- an exterior side;
- an interior side for being secured to a frame member;
- first and second molded, spaced stiles having exterior surfaces lying in a first plane;
- a flat planar portion disposed between the stiles and having an exterior surface lying in a second plane spaced from the first plane;
- interface portions disposed between and contiguous with the stiles and the flat planar portion;
- a decorative layer applied over the exterior side, wherein the decorative layer includes cracks;
- and
- at least one molding insert secured to the decorative layer for covering the cracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.