Patent ID: 6568137
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
Insulating cladding for wooden door frames comprising:a rigid, generally planar, rectangular first sheet, at least one rigid sheet spacer mounted along, so as to protrude from, a first long edge of the first sheet, a generally â€œUâ€ -shaped first channel formed along a second long edge of the first sheet, opposite the first long edge, the first channel opening towards the at least one sheet spacer so as to define a cavity therebetween and along the length of the first sheet, the first channel sized so as to fit over, as an end cap on, an exposed long edge of a door frame member and when so fitted, with a distal side wall of the first channel, distal from the first sheet, mated to a first side of the exposed long edge of the door frame member, the first channel including a channel spacer protruding into the cavity, the at least one sheet spacer mountable flush against a second side of the door frame member, the second side opposite the first side of the door frame member, so as to maintain the cavity substantially air-imperviously sealed around the door frame member when the insulating cladding is mounted to the door frame member, and when so mounted the channel spacer and the at least one sheet spacer respectively maintaining a base of the channel and the first sheet spaced from the exposed long edge of the door frame member and the second side of the door frame member respectively.