Patent ID: 6065249
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A panel door comprising:(a) a generally rectangular panel;(b) a pair of elongated metallic stiles receiving side edge portions of said panel;(c) a pair of elongated metallic rails receiving top and bottom edge portions of said panel; and(d) corner connectors each joining an end of one of said stiles to an end of one of said rails, each of said stiles and said rails being integrally formed of sheet metal with front, rear, outer and inner faces, said front face of each of said stiles having a transverse dimension that is greater than a transverse dimension of said rear face thereof, and said front face of each of said rails having a vertical dimension that is greater than a vertical dimension of said rear face thereof, each of said stiles having an outer wall constituting said outer face of said stile and also having front and rear walls extending inwardly from said outer wall of said stile which constitute said front and rear faces of said stile, respectively, said rear wall of each of said stiles having, seriatim, (i) a substantially planar base portion extending in a plane generally perpendicular to said outer wall of said stile, (ii) an offset portion extending generally perpendicularly to said plane of said base portion of said rear wall of said stile and towards said front wall of said stile, (iii) an intermediate portion extending angularly away from said front wall of said stile towards said plane of said base portion of said rear wall of said stile, and (iv) a face portion extending in said plane of said base portion of said rear wall of said stile, each of said stiles having an inner wall portion at an end of said face portion of said rear wall of said stile with (i) a face section which extends in a plane generally perpendicularly to said plane of said base portion of said rear wall of said stile and towards said front wall of said stile and (ii) a flange on said face section of said inner wall portion of said stile extending towards said front wall of said stile and angled towards said outer wall of said stile, said front wall of each of said stiles having, seriatim, (i) a base portion extending in a plane generally perpendicular to said outer wall of said stile, (ii) a concave portion extending from said front wall of said stile towards said rear wall of said stile, and (iii) a face portion extending in said plane of said base portion of said front wall of said stile, each of said stiles also having an inner wall portion at an end of said face portion of said front wall of said stile with a face section which extends in a plane generally perpendicularly to said plane of said base portion of said front wall of said stile and towards said plane of said base portion of said rear wall of said stile, said face section of said inner wall portion of said front wall of said stile having a flange extending in a plane generally perpendicularly to said plane of said face section of said front wall of said stile and towards said outer wall of said stile, each of said stiles including a channel defined by said flange of said inner wall portion of said front wall of said stile and said concave portion of said front wall of said stile cooperating with said flange on said inner wall portion of said rear wall of said stile and an intersection of said offset portion of said rear wall of said stile with said intermediate portion of said rear wall of said stile in which one of said side edge portions of said panel is seated, said rear walls of said stiles resiliently biasing said side edge portions of said panel against said front walls of said stiles.