Patent ID: 7516581

Claim:
A split door frame assembly, comprising: a hinge jamb; a strike jamb and a header that connects the hinge jamb to the strike jamb, the hinge jamb, the strike jamb and the header each being formed by a stop element and a trim element, the stop element being substantially L-shaped with a short leg of the L-shape forming an outer trim flange and a long leg of the L-shape extending 90° to the short leg, the long leg having a first member that extends from the trim flange, a second member arranged in a common plane with the first member and spaced therefrom, a first wall extending 90° from an end of the first member facing the second member, a second wall extending 90° from an end of the second member facing the first member, the first and second walls being parallel to the trim flange and extending in a common direction, and a joining wall extending between the ends of the first and second walls, the joining wall being parallel to the first and second members, the second wall having a plurality of apertures spaced along its length and in a region of the second member, the trim element being an L-shaped member wherein a first leg of the L-shape forms an outer trim flange and a second leg of the L-shape extends 90° from the trim flange and has projections at its free end which are engagable in the apertures in the second wall.