Framed panel assembly

• US 5,052,163 A
• Filed: 11/27/1989
• Issued: 10/01/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Georgia Doors & Plywood Service Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Georgia Doors & Plywood Service Incorporated
• Inventors: Czekala, Michael K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chilcot, Jr., Richard E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ripley, Deborah M.
• Application Number:
  US07/441,822
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 52/766, 52/773, 52/775, 52/776
• US Class Current: 52/775
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 95/043 Protecting rims, buffers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/0605 made from extruded or moulded profiles, e.g. of plastic or metal
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/6223 with protruding parts anchored in grooves
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/6205 having on at least one lateral side no backing from a separate rigid glazing bead or other stiff part of the window frame
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/74 with wooden panels or frame E06B3/721, E06B3/725 and E06B3/76 take precedence

Abstract

An open frame has a shoulder which is inwardly on the outward surface of the frame and receives a flat rectangular panel with the edge portions of the panel against said shoulder. A continuous groove around the inner portion of said frame receives a bezel which protrudes into said groove and outwardly over the edge portions of the frame. The bezel is biased inwardly as to firmly hold the frame in place. The bezel can be removed by urging it toward the center of the frame.

Claims

1. A framed panel assembly comprising:

a rectangular frame having a front surface and a back surface and an open interior, said frame also having a shoulder in a plane rearwardly of said front surface for forming a panel receiving surface, said frame having an inwardly opening groove forwardly of said shoulder and in a plane parallel to said panel receiving surface;

a rectangular mirror within said frame, said mirror having a plurality of edge portions being received on said panel receiving surface, throughout the perimeter of said mirror; and

a flexible plastic bezel having an outer portion received in said groove and an inner portion extending over each edge portion of said mirror, throughout the inner perimeter of said frame, said inner portion of said bezel comprising a front edge and having a flexible bill yieldably bent towards said inner portion of said bezel, said flexible bill comprising a proximal edge and a distal edge, said proximal edge of said flexible bill being attached to said front edge and said flexible bill extending from said front edge outwardly to said distal edge and being located between said inner portion of said bezel and said mirror and exerting seating pressure against said outer edge portion of said mirror inwardly of said edges of said mirror for seating said edge portions of said mirror against said shoulder.

2. The framed panel assembly defined in claim 1 wherein said bill is yieldably pivotally connected by its proximal edge to the front edge of the inner portion of said bezel.

3. The framed panel assembly defined in claim 2 including a plurality of flanges on both sides of said outer portion of said bezel, said flanges yieldably pivoting inwardly toward said outer portion of said bezel when the bezel is inserted into said groove for resisting removal from the groove.