Patent ID: 8333359
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jamb mounting bracket for mounting a door jamb in an opening in a wall, the jamb mounting bracket comprising a jamb flange and a wall flange joined together at right angles to each other at an edge, the jamb flange including one or more jamb attachment slots therein extending in a direction away from the edge, the slots having enlarged and narrow portions, with the enlarged portion being further from the edge than the narrow portion, the slots being formed such that a head of an attachment screw attached to an outer side of the jamb will fit through the enlarged portion but not through the narrow portion and the shank of the screw will fit through the narrow portion, such that the jamb flange can be mounted. on the screw by fitting the enlarged portion over the head of the screw and then sliding the jamb flange inwardly until the shank of the screw head is positioned in the narrow portion, the wall flange having a fastener attachment opening therein, the wall flange being attachable to the wall by extending a fastener through the fastener attachment into the wall, and an alignment tab at the edge that engages an edge of the jamb to position the edge of the bracket at the edge of the jamb, the tab having at least one of a score line at its base and an opening therein that facilitates breaking or bending the tab so the edge of the bracket is not stopped by the tab at the edge of the jamb.