Adjustable threshold assembly with water-tight seal

• US 5,517,788 A
• Filed: 11/23/1994
• Issued: 05/21/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Imperial Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Imperial Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Khanlarian, Haik, McGough, Harold R.
• Primary Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US08/344,558
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 49/467, 49/468, 49/469, 49/482.1
• US Class Current: 49/468
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/70 Sills; Thresholds

Abstract

An extruded aluminum sill member is supported by and attached to a wood base member which also supports a longitudinally extending inner wood trim member. The sill, base and trim members define a longitudinally extending cavity which receives a vertically adjustable rail member. The rail member has longitudinally spaced captive screws which are threaded into inverted T-nuts confined within laterally extending slots formed within the wood base member, and the trim member covers the slots. The sill member also extends under a jamb or mullion and a fixed side panel, and a snap-in extruded plastic cap covers the cavity under the panel and has an upwardly projecting and inwardly curved flange with a flexible lip for engaging the outer surface of the panel to form a water-tight seal.

Claims

1. A threshold assembly adapted to be installed below a bottom surface of a moveable door, comprising an elongated sill member having a sloping top surface and connected to means defining a longitudinally extending and upwardly facing cavity, an elongated rail member disposed within said cavity, means for adjusting said rail member vertically within said cavity and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced threaded fasteners rotatably supported relative to said rail member, said means defining said cavity including a longitudinally extending base member, a plurality of longitudinally spaced tubular nuts receiving said fasteners and having outwardly projecting non-circular flanges, and said base member including a corresponding plurality of longitudinally spaced and laterally extending slots receiving said nuts with said base member closely surrounding said flanges of said nuts to prevent both axial and rotary movement of said nuts in response to rotation of said fasteners to adjust the vertical height of said rail member.

2. A threshold assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said nuts comprise die case metal nuts, and said flange of each said nut has a rectangular configuration.

3. A threshold assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said base member comprises wood, each of said slots has an inverted T-shape cross-sectional configuration, and each of said nuts comprises an inverted T-nut.

4. A threshold assembly as defined in claim 3 and including an elongated trim member secured to said base member and forming an inner surface for said threshold assembly, and said trim member covers said laterally extending slots.

5. A threshold assembly adapted to be installed below a bottom surface of a moveable door, comprising an elongated metal sill member having a sloping top surface, a longitudinally extending wood base member under said sill member and cooperating with said sill member to define a longitudinally extending and upwardly facing cavity, an elongated rail member disposed within said cavity, means for adjusting said rail member vertically within said cavity and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced threaded fasteners rotatably supported by said rail member, a plurality of longitudinally spaced inverted T-nuts receiving said fasteners and having outwardly projecting non-circular bottom flanges, and said wood base member including a corresponding plurality of longitudinally spaced and laterally extending slots receiving said nuts with said base member closely surrounding said flanges of said nuts to prevent both axial and rotary movement of said nuts in response to rotation of said fasteners to adjust the vertical height of said rail member.

6. A threshold assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein said nuts comprise die cast metal nuts, and said flange of each said nut has a rectangular configuration.

7. A threshold assembly as defined in claim 5 and including an elongated trim member secured to said base member and forming an inner surface for said threshold assembly, and said trim member covers said laterally extending slots receiving said inverted T-nuts.

8. A threshold assembly adapted to be installed below a bottom surface of a moveable door, comprising an elongated metal sill member having a sloping top surface, a longitudinally extending wood base member under said sill member, a longitudinally extending wood trim member connected to said base member and cooperating with said sill and base members to define a longitudinally extending and upwardly facing cavity, an elongated rail member disposed within said cavity, means for adjusting said rail member vertically within said cavity and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced threaded fasteners rotatably supported by said rail member, a plurality of longitudinally spaced inverted T-nuts receiving said fasteners and having outwardly projecting rectangular bottom flanges, said wood base member including a corresponding plurality of longitudinally spaced and laterally extending slots receiving said nuts with said base member closely surrounding said flanges of said nuts to prevent both axial and rotary movement of said nuts in response to rotation of said fasteners to adjust the vertical height of said rail member, and said trim member covers said laterally extending slots receiving said inverted T-nuts.