Patent ID: 9719289
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: E05B,E06B

Claim:
1. A metal door, comprising: two sheet metal door panels, each of said sheet metal door panels having a central body portion with a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edges; an integral flange along each side edge of each of said panels extending perpendicular to the central body portion; an integral inturned lip along each of said flanges extending substantially parrallel to the central body portion; said door panels being positioned with said central body portions in opposing spaced apart relation to one another with said flanges adjacent to and aligned with one another and with said inturned lips positioned in contacting relation; and an elongate connector overlying each of said contacting pairs of inturned lips; said elongate connector and each of said contacting pairs of inturned lips crimped together along a length of the door panels to define at least one crimped section, the at least one crimped section securing the door panels directly to each other in an assembled relation.