Patent ID: 9127505
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: E05B,E05D,E06B

Abstract:
1. A door assembly for presenting a closeable doorway opening between an interior and an exterior, said door assembly comprising: a door operable to be swingably mounted for swinging movement into and out of a closed position in which the door is located generally within the doorway opening, said door presenting opposite interior and exterior surfaces that face the interior and exterior, respectively, when the door is in the closed position, said interior surface presenting an outermost planar portion, said door presenting a perimetric edge surface that extends between the interior and exterior surfaces; a doorway stop shoulder being positioned exteriorly of the door and facing the exterior surface to restrict the door from swinging exteriorly when the door is in the closed position; and a door reinforcement brace being attached to the door to overlie and engage at least part of the edge surface and at least part of the outermost portion of the interior surface to reinforce the door, with no part of the door reinforcement brace extending exteriorly beyond the exterior surface of the door, said brace presenting an exteriormost margin spaced from the exterior surface of the door, such that an exposed section of the edge surface is defined between the exterior surface and the exteriormost margin.