Patent ID: 6389769
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A rectangular door having inner and outer faces, said door comprising:a pair of elongated vertical stiles made of steel, each said stile being channel-shaped and including a swaged end portion, an unswaged end portion, and two legs, each said leg of each said stile being divided into inner and outer sections, with each said inner section being offset along its full length from a respective said outer section a distance approximately the thickness of the steel and being shorter in length than said outer section; a pair of elongated horizontal rails made of steel, each said rail being channel-shaped and including a swaged end portion, an unswaged end portion, and two legs, each said leg of each said rail being divided into inner and outer sections, with each said inner section being offset along its full length from a respective said outer section a distance approximately the thickness of the steel and being shorter in length than said outer section; each said stile being joined to an adjacent said rail with said swaged end portion of each said stile being received within a respective said unswaged end portion of an adjacent said rail and each said rail being joined to an adjacent said stile with said swaged end portion of each said rail being received within a respective said unswaged end portion of an adjacent said stile to provide a rectangular frame; a core having inner and outer faces positioned within said legs of each said stile and each said rail and extending between said stiles and said rails; means for securing said core to said legs of each said stile and each said rail; a pair of skins; and means for securing one of said skins to one of said offset inner sections of each said stile and to one of said offset inner sections of each said rail and to said inner face of said core and the other of said skins to the other of said offset inner sections of each said stile and to the other of said offset inner sections of each said rail and to said outer face of said core.