Patent ID: 7913465
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. An expandable door frame kit capable of being installed in the boundary of an entrance, that boundary including a generally horizontal entrance header and generally vertical door jambs, the door frame kit comprising: a header assembly, said header assembly comprising a first frame-mount, a header-stop, a first adjusting means, and a first locking means, wherein said first frame-mount is a generally rectangular piece being adapted to be affixed generally horizontally along the underside of the entrance header; said header-stop being adapted to being mounted on said first frame-mount and having a first top surface integrally connected to a first set of two expander walls that are generally perpendicular to said first top surface; said first adjusting means being adapted to maintain said header-stop at a first pre-selected distance from said first frame-mount in the installed condition; and said first pre-selected distance being set with said first locking means in the installed condition; a lock-side assembly, said lock-side assembly comprising a second frame-mount, a lock-side stop, a second adjusting means, and a second locking means, wherein said second frame-mount is a generally rectangular piece being adapted to be affixed generally vertically along one of the entrance door jambs; said lock-side stop being adapted to being mounted on said second frame-mount and having a second top surface integrally connected to a second set of two expander walls that are generally perpendicular to said second top surface; said second adjusting means being adapted to maintain said lock-side stop at a second pre-selected distance from said second frame-mount in the installed condition; and said second pre-selected distance being set with said second locking means in the installed condition; and a hinge-side piece that is a generally rectangular piece being adapted to be affixed generally vertically along the door jamb on the opposing side of the entrance relative to said lock-side assembly; wherein said first frame-mount and said second frame-mount each have a bottom surface integrally connected to two side walls that are generally perpendicular to said bottom surface and said bottom surface being generally flush against the boundary of the entrance in the installed condition; and said first set of expander walls of said header-stop adapted to being in sliding contact with said side walls of said first frame-mount when in the installed condition between a first open position and a first closed position; and said second set of expander walls of said lock-side stop adapted to being in sliding contact with said side walls of said second frame-mount when in the installed condition between a second open position and a second closed position; such that the height and width of the expandable door frame in the installed position is capable of being adjusted to accommodate a door.