Protective device for door assembly members
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1. A protective support device for attachment to a bottom of a door frame member, comprising:
- a body portion and an adjoining flange portion,wherein the body portion includes a free side and a corner side running parallel to each other and to an Axis A, the body portion adjoining the flange portion along the corner side, andat, least one longitudinal guide slot spanning from a back of the flange portion through to a front of the flange portion, and providing an opening in the flange portion configured to serve as a guide for placement of a fastener through the opening, andan arced bottom portion that is curved between the free side towards and to the corner side and extends from one ramped end to another ramped end,wherein the support device is configured to mate with the door frame member at a corner and is removed prior to installation.
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Abstract
A protective device and method for protection of a door frame member and/or door assembly. The protective device may include a body portion and an adjoining flange portion. The body portion may include a free side and a corner side running parallel to each other and may form an L-shaped device. The flange may include guide slot openings for placement of a fastener through the openings. The body portion may have a substantially planar top and a curved bottom with reduced portions forming attachment areas for securing the protective device removably to a door assembly.
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1. A protective support device for attachment to a bottom of a door frame member, comprising:
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a body portion and an adjoining flange portion, wherein the body portion includes a free side and a corner side running parallel to each other and to an Axis A, the body portion adjoining the flange portion along the corner side, and at, least one longitudinal guide slot spanning from a back of the flange portion through to a front of the flange portion, and providing an opening in the flange portion configured to serve as a guide for placement of a fastener through the opening, and an arced bottom portion that is curved between the free side towards and to the corner side and extends from one ramped end to another ramped end, wherein the support device is configured to mate with the door frame member at a corner and is removed prior to installation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A protective support device for attachment to a bottom of a door frame side jamb, comprising:
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a body portion and an adjoining flange portion, wherein the body portion includes; a free side, a corner side, a first end, a second end, a top and a bottom, the free side and the corner side running parallel to each other and to an Axis A, the body portion adjoining the flange portion along the corner side, the top having a substantially planar surface, and the bottom including ramped ends at the first end and at the second end, and a radiused surface that curves and terminates at the free side and the corner side and extends lengthwise between the first end and the second end along the bottom between the ramped ends forming a nonpianar bottom, wherein the flange portion includes; at least one guide slot spanning from a back of the flange portion through to a front of the flange portion, and providing an opening in the flange portion configured to serve as a guide for placement of a fastener through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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