Door jamb assembly

• US 4,330,972 A
• Filed: 07/24/1980
• Issued: 05/25/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Philips Industries, Inc. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Sailor Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Sailor, Vernon R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US06/171,731
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• Field of Search: 52/211, 52/213, 49/504
• US Class Current: 52/211
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/32 Frames composed of parts made of different materials
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/64 by loosely-inserted means, e.g. strip, resilient tongue
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2001/622 especially adapted for door frames; Joint covering devices where the wall surface is parallel to the adjacent door or window frame part

Abstract

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 the metal frame at a door opening, and a molded cover which is secured to the extruded metal frame and conceals the fasteners attaching the metal frame to the door opening.

Claims

1. A preconstructed door frame assembly adapted for insertion into a door opening defined by an outlining wall structure, said frame assembly comprising a metal outer frame having a U-shaped part at one margin, said U-shaped part terminating in an outturned wall, a wooden inner frame member, one edge of said inner frame member fitting into said outer frame U-shape part with said outturned wall of the outer frame being located to project outwardly from the inner frame member, first fasteners securing said inner frame member to said outer frame, said frame member outturned wall and inner frame member adapted to overlie spaced portions of said wall structure defining said door opening when said frame assembly is inserted into the door opening, said frame member outturned wall constituting means for receiving second fasteners anchored into said wall structure to secure the frame assembly to the wall structure at said door opening, a cover strip co-extensive with said outer frame, means for connecting said cover strip to said outer frame over said outturned wall of the outer frame to cover said second fasteners when anchored into said wall structure.

2. The door frame assembly of claim 1 wherein said inner frame member extends beyond the opposite margin of said outer frame from said U-shaped part and is adapted to overlie a said portion of the wall structure to form an insulative function.

3. The door frame assembly of claim 1 and a return bent portion formed at the opposite margin of said outer frame from said U-shaped part thereof, said inner frame member contacting said outer frame return bent portion and being secured thereto by said first fasteners, said first fasteners extending through said inner frame member and into said outer frame return bent portion so as to be positionable next to a said portion of the wall structure and under said outer frame, whereby said second fasteners will not be seen when the frame assembly is secured to said wall structure at the door opening.

4. The door frame assembly of claim 3 wherein said outer frame is three sided and includes top and side parts of uniform cross section, said inner frame member being formed into corresponding top and side parts, said outturned wall of said outer frame adapted to extend at the top and side parts of the outer frame over the jambs and header of said wall structure at the door opening when the frame assembly is inserted into the door opening.