Patent ID: 6672021
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
A hinged door frame kit for forming a door frame structure installable in a wall opening, comprising:a door; an outer frame body including right and left vertical outer frame members respectively having right and left inside faces which when installed in the wall opening have said left and right inside faces perpendicular to a plane of the wall opening and opposing one another; an inner frame; said inner frame including a heelpost side inner frame member configured to hingeably accept said door, said heelpost side inner frame member being installable to both said right and left inside faces; said inner frame including a door end side inner frame member installable to both said right and left inside faces; a pair of locking grooves formed in parallel over a full length in a longitudinal direction of the left and right inside faces; said heelpost side inner frame member and said door end side inner frame member being integrally formed of a door stop portion thereof and a flat portion thereof that extends from said door stop portion; locking nails formed along opposing sides said heelpost side and door end side inner frame member; said locking nails being detachably insertable into said locking grooves such that: said heelpost side inner frame member is installable in both said left and right vertical outer frame members when said left and right vertical outer frame members are already installed in said wall opening; and said door end side inner frame member is installable in both said left and right vertical outer frame members when said left and right vertical outer frame members are already installed in said wall opening; thereby said heelpost side inner frame member and said door end side inner frame member are interchangeable between installation in said left and right vertical outer frame members when said left and right vertical outer frame members are already installed in said wall opening; and spacers disposed between said left and right outer vertical frame members and both said heelpost side and door end side inner frames.