Cabinet door with changeable decorative panel
OwnerDonald L. Payneinventor
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A cabinet door assembly having a wooden cabinet door with a peripheral frame and an open center is provided with features enabling a fabric panel to be mounted on the door in a manner such that panels may be readily removed and replaced with other panels. An upper member of the frame has a slot which receives a dowel pin carried in an upper loop of the panel fabric, and a lower frame member has a slot which receives the lower end of the panel and directs a lower dowel pin carried at the lower end into a capturing position. The panel is pulled tightly by tension applied to the dowel pins. Side frame members each have on an inner side a narrow slot receiving edges of the panel. The panel is secured in place by the lower dowel pin, which is being restrained by projections at end locations past side edges of the panel.
A door assembly comprising:
A decorative cabinet door assembly comprising:
A generally rectangular frame including an upper frame member, a lower frame member, a pair of opposing side members and an open space defined between said upper frame member, said lower frame member and said pair of opposing side members, said opposing side members each having a narrow slot in an inner edge thereof and one of said upper and lower frame members having a slot extending between an inner edge and an outer edge thereof, with a groove along said outer edge communicating in parallel relation with said slot, and the other of said upper frame member and said lower frame member having a recess along an inner side thereof, and opposed notches at lower outer regions of said recess, said slot, each said narrow slot and an inner surface of said recess all being coplanar;
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