Patent ID: 6067768
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A frame member for a door panel comprising a metal strip roll-formed to provide a generally E-shaped cross-section having a side member with front, middle and rear limbs extending generally perpendicularly from the side member; the strip defining successively from edge to edge the rear limb, the side member, an outer layer of the front limb, a retroverted inner layer of the front limb, an inner layer of the side member extending between the front and middle limbs, and the middle limb, an edge of the strip being retroverted to provide a double thickness through a distal portion of the middle limb, an inner portion of the middle limb being inclined towards the front limb as it extends from the side member towards a panel contact zone on the side of the middle limb facing the front member, and the distal portion being inclined away from the front member as it extends beyond the contact zone, the inner and distal ends of the middle limb being spaced from the front limb by a distance at least equal to the greatest thickness of a panel to which the frame member is to be applied, the contact zone being spaced from the front limb by a distance less than the least thickness of the panel to which the frame member is to be applied, and the distance of the contact zone from the side member being less than the extent of the front limb.