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Composite door with lite and method of making same

  • US 6,151,849 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1998
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A composite door with a lite comprising:

  • (a) a pair of spaced panels providing the faces of the door and having aligned cutouts therein;

    (b) a foam retaining member extending about the periphery of said cutouts with a first portion extending between said panels to effect a seal therewith and a mounting portion extending inwardly of said periphery of said cutouts;

    (c) a translucent lite configured cooperatively with said cutouts and disposed therein;

    (d) an external frame element extending about said periphery of said cutout in one of said panels and having a first portion overlying the outer surface of said one panel about said cutout and a second portion overlying said mounting portion and a marginal portion of the adjacent surface of said lite;

    (e) engaging means securing said mounting portion of said foam retaining member and said external frame element in assembly and clamping said lite to said external frame element;

    (f) an internal frame element extending about said periphery of said cutout in the other of said panels and having a first portion overlying the outer surface of said other panel about said cutout and a second portion overlying said mounting portion of said retaining member, a marginal portion of the other surface of said lite and said engaging means; and

    (g) cellular synthetic resin in a cavity defined by said panels and said foam retaining member, said cellular synthetic resin abutting said form retaining member.

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