초록 ▼

Improved frame assembly for doors, windows and the like is provided. The assembly includes a frame defining an opening for receiving and retaining a central panel. The frame is formed from two joined skins which may be molded in the same mold and which are provided with inwardly extending flanges ha

Improved frame assembly for doors, windows and the like is provided. The assembly includes a frame defining an opening for receiving and retaining a central panel. The frame is formed from two joined skins which may be molded in the same mold and which are provided with inwardly extending flanges having notched areas on opposite sides of the flanges such that the skins can be joined together to form a lap joint on the exterior edge and to seal a central panel in the opening. Foamable insulating material is provided as a core between the two skins with a separate sealant material provided to seal the central panel. Passage means are provided for introducing the sealant material and the insulating material.

대표청구항 ▼

An improved frame assembly for doors, windows and the like comprising: a frame having an exterior periphery defining first, second, third and fourth edges, the first and third edges being opposite and the second and fourth edges being opposite and having interior edges defining an opening for receiv

An improved frame assembly for doors, windows and the like comprising: a frame having an exterior periphery defining first, second, third and fourth edges, the first and third edges being opposite and the second and fourth edges being opposite and having interior edges defining an opening for receiving and retaining a central panel, a central panel positioned within said frame, said central panel defining an edge about its exterior periphery, and frame including a first skin and a second skin in opposed relationship, each of said skins having substantially identical configuration as molded and each of said skins having an exterior edge, a panel portion extending from said exterior edge to a lip terminating at said interior edge, the lips of the respective first and second skins cooperating to define a gap in which the edge of the central panel is positioned, the exterior edges of each skin having first, second, third and fourth exterior flanges depending therefrom and extending inwardly toward the opposing skin, said exterior flanges being joined together to form the first, second, third and fourth edges of said frame, the terminal portion of each of said exterior flanges having at least one notch, said notches being on the exterior faces of said exterior flanges around half of said exterior periphery and on the interior faces around the remainder of said exterior periphery, the dividing points between the notches being on the interior face and on the exterior face being at the mid-points of at least one set of opposing exterior flanges forming (1) the first and third edges and (2) the second and fourth edges, the respective exterior flanges of the upper and lower skins joined together at their respective notches to form a lap joint around said exterior periphery, said skins each having a second inwardly facing flange spaced exteriorally from said interior edges, said second flanges abutting each other and cooperating with the joined exterior flanges and opposed panel portions to form a cavity, and sealant means for sealing the central panel between the lips defining said gap and the abutting second flanges.