Patent ID: 7964051
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a door, comprising the steps of: forming first and second wood composite laminated substrates into first and second universal door skin blanks, each of the universal door skin blanks having an exterior side and an interior side and comprising first and second spaced stiles having first outer surfaces in a first plane, first and second interface portions integral with the first and second stiles, respectively, a substantially flat planar portion disposed between and integral with the first and second interface portions and having a second outer surface in a second plane offset from the first plane, and at least one rail receiving portion having a third outer surface in a third plane intermediate the first and second planes; securing a first rail member on the rail receiving portion of the first universal door skin blank so that the first rail member extends between the first and second stiles; and securing the interior sides of the formed universal door skin blanks to opposite sides of a peripheral door frame.