FRAME WITH CLOSURE FEATURE

A frame assembly is disclosed for supporting a panel which together with the frame provides a partition or divider structure. The frame assembly includes a pair of upright frame members of extruded aluminum and a pair of horizontal frame members of extruded aluminum. The upright members are provided...     

A sub-frame for supporting a window in a cavity wall, the sub-frame having a lintel, a sill and jambs all rigidly interconnected with the jambs inset from the ends of the lintel and sill, each of the lintel, sill and jambs having a U-section part in the form of a rectangular channel, the sides of the...     

Tiltable window construction having metallic sash and frames. There is disclosed a window construction adapted for manufacture from metallic components such as extruded aluminum, arranged for embodiment as a double-hung window, capable of simple and rapid tilting inwardly of the building for washing...     

A smoke stop for doors is disclosed. The smoke stop comprises a metal frame with a slot therein extending substantially the entire length of the frame on the door side thereof; a movable lid pivotally attached along one outer edge of the metal frame and releasably attached to a second outer edge of the...     

In an opening roof assembly for a vehicle a flexible fabric covering is supported by a number of slidably mounted cross-members which are guided at their ends in guide rails, and the guide rails form the side members of a unitary frame adapted to be received in an opening in a roof of a vehicle and secured...     

A door hinge having two leafs with one leaf attachable to a door and the other leaf having two non-coplanar portions interconnected by an off-set portion. Each non-coplanar portion has bores for securing it to the studding. One of such portions is exposed while the other of such portions is covered by...     

A window frame assembly comprising an exterior frame member, an interior frame member, cooperating locking means such as snap-in connectors integral with each of the frame members for locking the frame members together, a panel receiving channel partially defined by the exterior frame member, and a finish...     

In a refrigerator door mounting frame, the use of a thermal barrier between the cold portion and the warm portion of the frame in combination with a divided thermal conduction path extending from an intermediate portion into the cold portion. The divided path comprises a thick load-bearing section through...     

The extruded frame includes an elongated strip which may be transversely cut to provide left, right and top frame portions for a door opening. Each strip has an identical configuration in cross section which includes opposite longitudinal edges rearwardly extending from the face of the strip at right...     

A door frame made up of two jamb sections and a head section connected together to fit into a rough door opening. The sections are each made up of an elongated, generally channel-shaped member having two spaced legs and an elongated, generally Z-shaped member having a flat surface disposed parallel to...     

A fire-resistant seal for gaps between a door or window and adjacent structure, comprises a tubular holder which contains a fire-resistant barrier material and has a lengthwise opening through which the material can exude when the holder is subjected to hot smoke or fire. To protect the material against...     

An elongated metal plate for fastening to the back of a wooden door jamb with a plurality of fastenings including an angled side of the plate recessed into the jamb, another angled penetrating side driven into the jamb, and a plurality of screws driven through the metal plate intermediate the recessed...     

A rectangular frame for a building in which the peripheral members are all formed from sheet material with the same cross section and consist of two open channels of rectangular cross section extending parallel side by side facing the same way with the adjacent edges of the channels joined together by...     

Elements for forming a frame such as a metal door frame having spring clips by which a head rail and side members are connected, and a spacer or tie bar by which the elements can be stabilized during erection of the frame in a door way.

A door is secured against being kicked in by a doorway construction which comprises a conventional wooden door frame side rail defining a door latch bolt hole in a recessed end portion of one of its major faces and a conventional wall including two-by-four studs adjacent the other major face of the door...     

A sliding-door and sliding-screen sill having several elongated rail members for individually supporting a sliding-door and a sliding-screen. Each such rail member is extruded of aluminum and is formed with at least one elongated break-notch whereby an installer can remove substantially any desired width...     

A door assembly including a door having a top, bottom and side rails along each longitudinal edge of the door, at least one hinge to be secured to the door, and means, to the at least one hinge, to be secured to a door frame to mount the door, the side rails having channels running along a substantial...     

An improved porthole arrangement provided with a plurality of water drain holes to drain rain water or spray which may accumulate in the porthole arrangement and the porthole arrangement is also provided with a rain shield which allows the window of the porthole to be maintained in an open position for...     

The invention provides a sealing strip and a frame, for instance a door frame, for use therewith. The frame includes a groove, to receive the strip, which is integrally formed in the material of the frame and which is so positioned and orientated that the strip is retained in an optimum position for...     

A fire-resistant seal for application to a structure e.g. a door jamb, comprises a holder of substantially tubular form for securing to the structure, and a fire-barrier material, which swells under fire conditions, retained in the holder interior. To minimize dislodgment of the material by accident...     

Complete thermal insulation of metal rails and stiles in vertically or horizontally sliding or rolling windows or doors is provided by including in the frame thereof centered rigid plastic shapes which extend between panels of the windows or doors. All rails and stiles of each panel are thereby exposed...     

A door frame construction in which the jambs, threshold, lintel, and trim are of molded construction. The door frame may be molded in one piece and the jambs are provided with clips for attaching the jambs to studs framing the door opening. The clips are adjustably mounted on the jambs so that the door...     

Prefabricated door assembly for installation in a roughed-in door frame, the assembly including a pair of vertically extending door jambs having inter-engaging casings and a header unit spanning the upper ends of the door jambs. The header unit includes a header board having interengaging horizontal...     

Disclosed is a structure of a lower frame for a pivoted window, which prevents intrusion of rain water into the room. The lower frame has a grooved section, and a rotation shaft is mounted on the bottom plate of the groove portion to support the pivoted window. Ventilation holes are formed in a space...     

A novel door jamb made of a plurality of sections which are maintained together in a rigid, dimensionally stable frame by strap means disposed around the door jamb members. The strap means are disposed around the inner surfaces of the jamb members which have a generally T-shaped configuration. The strap...     

This invention relates to a metal clad window product. The window frame and sash are basically made of milled, elongated wooden members with suitable interconnecting parts, such as mortises and tenons, at the ends of the same. A metal cladding member is attached to each elongated member before assembly...     

A frame for a double door, one door fixed and the other pivoted, permits the pivoted door to be mounted on a center mull either with left- or right-handed orientation, and to swing inwardly or outwardly.

A multi-sash pocket window is designed to accomodate sash of differing widths and in varying combinations. The window frame structure is adapted to receive inserts for retaining the sash in place and which are selected to accomodate the sash width and combinations being used. At the sill, the inserts...     

A refrigerator door structure comprising a door hingedly mounted on a mullion is disclosed, one or more of which may be mounted in a suitable opening through the wall of a refrigerator compartment without a frame and with or without a starter mullion to close such opening while providing access therethrough....     

A door jamb comprising, a first sheet metal section having a flat portion for attachment to a vertical face of an aperture in a wall and a pair of channel-shaped portions on either side of said flat portion, an inner flank of one channel-shaped portion being connected by said flat portion to an inner...     

A window assembly is mounted in a socket window opening of a motor vehicle with the interior side of the window frame substantially coplanar with the body flange in the window opening and the exterior side of the assembly. The window assembly is secured in place by means of self-tapping screws or other...     

An improved prefabricated door frame construction is disclosed. A frame member is provided which includes a central web spanning the width of the wall and a pair of side flanges which fit over the edges of the wall circumscribing the opening. The web includes a pair of grooves opening in a common transverse...     

A metal door frame assembly comprising two jambs and a lintel, all of the same crosssectional shape, which includes a central door striker portion flanked on its two sides by an inner web and an outer web respectively, each web terminating in a respective end flange which itself terminates in a inturn...     

A window frame of extruded material having vertical members including sash guides wherein the vertical members are identical but reversed with respect to each other and in mirror-image relation; the sill and header are identical but inverted and reversed end for end with respect to each other. Each frame...     

A double window construction and particularly an interior storm window construction wherein the framing or frame of the storm window is uniquely configured to provide both window support for the storm windows installed and also a smooth interior finish relative to the window opening being accommodated....     

An entrance door having its top and bottom rails pivotally connected with arms supported for rotation by a shaft bearing journalled in the door jamb. The door jamb includes a tension member preventing distortion of the door jamb and displacement of the shaft supporting thrust bearing by the mass of the...     

A thermal-break window of extruded frame members interconnected to form a substantially rectangular frame for encasing a glass panel in which each of the frame members is formed with a channel along its axial length. This channel contains a material of low thermal conductivity hardened in situ and with...     

A doorframe assembly for hollow-wall partition construction is disclosed and comprises metal backer jamb members adapted for attachment to opposite sides of a door opening, a metal header member adapted for attachment to an upper horizontal side of a door opening, vinyl jamb members snap-engaged with...     

A split mullion window frame has opposite frame members adapted for either attaching the window frame to adjacent building structure or to an adjacent such frame. Both frame members employ a nailing flange for attaching opposite sides of the frame to a building structure. According to the invention,...     

A door frame comprising wood frame members including a strike jamb, a hinge jamb, and a header, said frame members each being recessed longitudinally to provide a rabbet having a major surface and a minor surface perpendicular to said major surface, a slot substantially coplanar with the major surface...     

Within an opening in a wall is placed a window or door having a frame, consisting of metal and plastic interlocked extrusions with a polyurethane core therein. The polyurethane core prevents penetration of condensate therethrough to the underlying casement consisting of wood studs, sheeting and dry wall....     

A door is disclosed which is primarily intended for application as a door being resistant to fire. This door having a more particularly metal frame, whereby disposed on the door frame is a material which foams under the effect of an increased temperature. Said material is applied in the form of a strip...     

A door frame kit comprises two stiles, a threshold member, and a lintel member, each stile preferably being engageable with said members irrespective of which end of the stile is uppermost. Each stile has a pair of flanges at at least one end. Each flange, which has a transverse projection, is insertable...     

A pocket door assembly including a header structure which comprises a first element which is generally planar and generally horizontal. Second, third, fourth and fifth elements are each generally planar and each depend from the first element in sequential generally parallel spaced relationship. A roller...     

A door frame which is for mounting pre-hung doors in door openings of an existing structure and which includes an extruded metal door frame, a wooden frame for support of the extruded metal frame, fasteners which attach the wooden support frame to the extruded metal door frame and are used for attaching...     

In a double sash structure comprising a first sash facing to the outside and a second sash facing to the inside, a window frame of the first sash is formed of a metallic material and a window frame of the second sash, which is formed of a non-metallic material having a low heat conductivity, is disposed...     

Window structure including a thermal break window frame and a sash coupler for selectively coupling movable window sash in inner and outer windows for movement together. The window frame includes an inner and outer frame portion and an insulating member which are constructed and arranged so that the...     

A glazed assembly is formed of a frame assembly and a sash assembly that is slideable in the frame assembly. The frame assembly is formed of at least four frame parts that have identical cross-sectional shapes. The sash assembly is formed of at least four sash parts that have identical cross-sectional...     

A sliding window with a frame provided with a glazing adapted to be mounted in a wall of masonry, wood, or the like. The frame is composed of frame profiles joined at the corners and contains glass panes inserted therein. The glass panes are guided in grooves of the frame profiles and are horizontally...     

Composite wood and metal building structure including a metal angle iron frame having an integral latch strike and dead bolt recess therein and a wood door hingedly secured within the frame for installation together therewith in a building opening, with one leg of the angle iron frame extending transversely...     

The present invention is an improved prefabricated door assembly including a frame member, hinges, strike plates, and cover plates. The frame member is formed of a web having a first and second longitudinally extending portion and side flanges extending from the lateral edges of the web to circumscribe...     

Window for construction vehicle cabs or the like having following features: provides maximum cross sectional area for viewing; can be fastened into place by screws turned home from the inside and which are hidden from view after installation; and comprises a minimum number of parts which must be handled...     

Two members 2, each located in a heat sealable sheath 4, are joined together to form a right-angle joint. Two plates 8 of heat sealable material are attached to the associated ends 6 of the members 2 by means of dowels 10 inserted into holes 12 in the member ends. The outer surface 14 of each plate 8...     

A window sash assembly which comprises an outer metal sash, an inner sash positioned and assembled indoors adjacent to said outer sash and a peripheral edge member positioned about the inner end of said inner sash to cover the adjacent open end of an indoor wall member, is disclosed. Said inner sash...     

A door jamb reinforcer is disclosed which comprises at least one, and preferably two or more, reinforcing rods which are positioned internally along the depth of a door jamb adjacent the area of the bolt receiver or striker plate. The rods are used in conjunction with a brace bar which is positioned...     

A sash assembly for a glazing panel. The sash members of the assembly are formed with a concave inner surface which contains a rigid reinforcement member.

The invention provides a door for buildings, comprising the outside panel thereof being larger in area than the inside panel thereof, the four edge faces of the door being provided on their outside portions with acute-angled projecting portions, the outside portions of the inner faces of a door frame...     

A frame which is for mounting windows or pre-hung doors in openings of an existing structure and which includes an extruded metal or plastic outer frame, a wooden frame for the support of the extruded outer frame, fasteners which are used for attaching the outer frame at a window or door opening, and...     

A nonbracing self-framing window buck frame or surround for forming a framed window opening in a cast concrete wall or the like. The buck frame or surround comprises a support frame made of channel members arranged end-to-end to form a substantially rectangular framework. A window frame is fit within...     

A door frame or jamb and hinge mount which is at once pre-hung and adjustable comprises a mounting bracket positionable immediately behind the body of the frame for rigid attachment to a hinge leaf disposed at a cutout in the frame and adjustable attachment to the frame body, via bolts. A cavity between...     

A security plate for entrance doors adapted to be secured by tamper resistant fasteners to the stop member of a door frame. The plate is elongated to extend above and below the lock area of the door. The plate has a relatively thick flat edge that abuts a closed door and the plate is formed with a concave...     

An interior wall system formed from two opposing walls. Each opposing wall is assembled from a plurality of composite wall panels, each wall panel having an exterior surface material and an interior layer of insulating material bonded to one side of the exterior surface material. Each opposing wall is...     

The invention comprises a basic metal window which is so constructed as to receive an interior snap-on plastic window. Exterior metal framing members are provided with tracks or openings which can accommodate various width panels such as single-glazed panels, double-glazed panels, screen panels or other...     

A reversible door and frame assembly wherein the frame includes generally channel shaped hinge and lock frame members adapted for assembled cooperation with an upper head frame member and a lower sill member. The hinge side frame member carries a hinge plate at its midpoint and symmetrically positioned...     

An improved method of building a wooden door frame in a door opening of a building without shimming, and a precut and pre-assembled combination of wooden lintel and side post miter end assemblies, each comprising a jamb member with permanently installed outwardly extending mouldings, and if necessary...     

A composite profile member includes two metal profile bars and at least one thermally insulating, one-piece insulating bar which engages into a clamping groove of the metal profile bars. The insulating bar is fixed in the respective clamping groove by its hook-shaped groove webs which are pressed against...     

A fire resistant, elevator hatchway door entrance for wall openings up to and including 10 feet in height, including first and second side jambs and a head jamb. Each side jamb includes a pair of upstanding, oppositely facing, metallic channel members dimensioned and coupled together to define both a...     

An improved security window cover having a peripheral frame structure and a security shielding door or cover hingedly attached to the frame. The frame has walls which conform to the interior building wall adjacent the window and walls which conform to the shape, contour and dimensions of the inner circumferential...     

A tilt window includes a frame with a sill, a header and a pair of jambs, each extruded from rigid plastic material. Each member is formed of multi-hollow construction for overall strength and rigidity. The jamb comprises, in cross-section, a base and an inner leg, an outer leg and center leg projecting...     

A replacement window is formed from extruded frame members connected by preformed corners in a manner which eliminates punch press operations typically used to form replacement windows. Preformed corner sections connect extruded horizontal and vertical frame members to form window sashes. Different preformed...     

An improved window construction including a combination metal/wood support frame for a double hung metal window sash, the metal window sash being provided with side channels for reception of counterbalance springs therein. A screw-threaded bow adjuster is provided which is usable for installing the combination...     

A sliding door assembly for use in a double-panelled wall construction, in which the door is suspended on a hanger assembly having a pair of spaced vertical posts and a horizontal rail supported by the posts. Rollers in the plane of the door engage the rail, which hangs the door on the rail for sliding...     

A window assembly is formed of an inside facing vinyl extrusion portion and an outside facing aluminum extrusion portion which are interconnected by resilient snap-fit barb-like connectors integral with each extrusion, thus forming a composite type construction. The metal outside facing portion provides...     

A prefabricated unit including a wooden frame formed by a number of sections including a pair of jambs, a sill, and a header with a door or window operatively positioned in the frame and a plurality of metal frame extenders mounted on the exterior of each section of the wooden frame, the metal extenders...     

An improved refrigerator door structure, the mounting frame and door thereof being fabricated of fiberglass, fiberglass reinforced thermoplastic, or other lightweight material. An innermost and an outermost glass pane are sealably mounted within the door frame to enclose one or more sheets of heat reflective...     

An access door to be installed on the ceiling or the like of a building which essentially comprises an outer square frame adapted to be installed in an opening formed at said installation area; an inner square frame pivotally connected to said outer frame for movement between open and closed positions;...     

A cladding and sealing kit for use with a sliding door construction in which a plurality of cladding and sealing members are sealingly engaged with the various wooden frame members forming the door opening and forming the frame of the doors to readily clad the various exposed surfaces and provide sealing...     

A bulletproof door and door jamb construction includes a door jamb which includes a vertically and horizontally extending opening therein in an area where bullet shrapnel fragments can pass freely therethrough into the hollow interior of the door jamb so that the spent fragments lose their energy and...     

A door and door jamb assembly is provided either with a kit of parts or as an assembled unit and includes a door and surrounding door jamb together with mounting brackets for the door jamb and hinges for supporting the door on the door jamb. Both the inner surface of the door jamb and the outer peripheral...     

A closure with sashes includes a closure body, an inner sash enclosing around the closure body and including a first upper rail, a first lower rail, a first left stile and a first right stile and an outer sash matchable with the inner sash, including a second upper rail, a second lower rail, a second...     

An improved door jamb construction adapted to be used with left or right-handed door installations and which further accommodates a broad range of types and configurations of security deadbolt devices. The door jamb construction according to this invention further features excellent thermal insulation...     

A door jamb support includes an L-shaped reinforcing plate having a recessed portion with an opening therethrough positioned to be in alignment with a door latch on a door, a strike plate positionable within the recessed portion having an opening therethrough in alignment with the opening in the reinforcing...     

A door stop (12) for sealingly abutting a movable overhead door (11) in closed position, comprising channels (20) of resilient material having forward and rearward legs (16 and 17) with their free ends adapted for abutting a door jamb (10), said forward legs (16) adapted to abut said jamb (10) and U-shaped...     

A coplanar closure sliding window having improved performance and sealed type characteristics. A window frame is constructed using a single profile, the vertical sections of the window sashes being formed by another profile and a horizontal section of sashes being constructed from a third type of profile.

An improved security window cover is provided having a peripheral frame structure and a security shielding door or cover hingedly attached to the frame. The frame has at least two walls intended to conform to the interior building wall adjacent the window and at least two other walls intended to ultimately...     

A flush finishing metal door/window frame is provided for a reveal of an opening in a wall that has a pair of oppositely positioned wall board sheets. Wall finishing materials are used for finishing outside surface of the wall board sheets and stepped side flanges of a frame member in a continuous flush...     

In a window frame assembly having hollow frame members, a joint interconnecting the ends of two adjacent frame members is described. The joint includes a rabbeted miter cut and an anti rack and twist component. These features act synergistically to align and firmly joint adjacent frame members.

An extruded frame member includes an elongated molded body of a one-piece construction having at least one elongated sheet-like wall having at least one elongated projection formed on one side of the wall and extending longitudinally of the molded body. A reinforcing wire is embedded in and extends along...     

A pocket-door assembly includes a pair of trolley assemblies fixed to an upper edge of a vertically disposed door. A header member is positioned generally horizontally over the door and comprises a central plate portion with a pair of integrally formed downwardly extending tracks for receiving rollers...     

A thermoplastic window having a window border to be received in a window opening, a first engagement device formed on the window border extending continuously along all sides, a window housing, a second engagement device extending continuously around all four sides of the housing, the second engaging...     

A track supports a sliding door for movement into and out of a cavity formed in a wall. The end region of the track within the door-receiving cavity rests on a supporting surface to which it is unattached. The door moves between jambs with lower ends provided with vertical slots which receive tongues...     

A security device provided for use in a door frame assembly has a door jamb disposed in surrounding relation to a door. The security device is comprised of an elongated, rigid plate inserted into a slot and firmly anchored in place in the door jamb in spaced parallel relation to the free vertical edge...     

A sliding window structure comprises glazing frames received in guide channels of a support frame having side members and top and bottom members. Each of the side members and the bottom member of the support frame comprises inner and outer walls interconnected to provide closed interior tubes with pairs...     

Wood cladding for mounting on the inner surface of nonwooden windows having common interior cross sections in which the sash is mounted on the frame from the outside of the window is disclosed. The wood cladding includes at least two sections of wood shaped to conform to the interior surface of the window....     

The invention relates to a sunroof (1) for motor vehicles with a cover frame (3). This cover frame is formed by a first frame (5) and a second frame (6) and with a cover (4), which can be opened and closed. The cover frame (3) can be fixed in position by clamping of the roof skin (2) in the region of...     

A door security assembly comprises a generally U-shaped striker plate member for fitting transversely around one side edge of a door frame and having a first arm for facing into the door opening having an opening for receiving a door latch, and a second, parallel arm for fitting between the door frame...     

A window frame made, for example, of a vinyl material is secured together by the utilization of corner key pieces at each of the four corners joining the header and the sill with a pair of side frames. After the frame pieces have been assembled they are permanently secured by the use of ultra-sound welding.

A door jamp reinforcement plate includes an elongate support plate having an L-shaped cross section with a first side to overlap the inside of a door jamb and a second side to overlap the front of a door jamb, and a plurality of vertically arrayed punch-out tabs located along a length of the first side...     

A water stop for a window having improved resistance to the ingress of water due to rain or other precipitation regardless of the opening arrangement of the window. The stop consists of a low vertical wall member which extends parallel to and behind the outer sliding window pane or panes and which rises...     

A thermal break door frame assembly includes a pair of frame members defining a groove. The groove includes a mouth opening in the area of the edge of a closed door. A unitary weatherstrip is adapted to engage the edge of the door and includes an integral thermal break tail projecting through the mouth...