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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337543 | Articles of composite structure having appearance of wood A door or other entryway component of synthetic resin composite construction and closely resembling the appearance of stained real wood. Skin portions of doors and other structures have a surface layer of clear gel coat resin molded to include the texture of a wood ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7284353 | Window and door casing A window or door casing may have two side sections, a header or top section, and a bottom section. The bottom section also may have caps attached at either end. The trim casing is mountable on a window or door frame and cab be securely fastened to the side of the ho... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7228667 | Door system for a building A door assembly having a structural inner frame that is secured between an interior sheath and an exterior sheath. The inner frame provides rigidity and strength to the door assembly and will not warp or otherwise lose its dimensional integrity regardless of the env... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216464 | Modular oven wall panel assembly A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, includes a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. The present invention is also direct... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150166 | Gap cover device for side-by-side appliances A gap cover device for covering a gap between clothes washer and dryer appliances having generally parallel juxtaposed sidewalls defining a gap between the appliances. The gap cover device includes a flexible elongated member having a generally T-shaped transverse c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140206 | Gap cover device for side-by-side appliances A gap cover device for covering a gap between clothes washer and dryer appliances having generally parallel juxtaposed sidewalls defining a gap between the appliances. The gap cover device includes a flexible elongated member having a generally T-shaped transverse c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7080485 | Gasket for refrigerator furniture units A gasket for forming a seal between an outer door member and an inner door member, as well as a cabinet of a refrigeration unit. The gasket is adapted to seal the inner door edge of the inner door member to the outer door member, as well as between the outer door me... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051490 | Door for refrigerator and method of producing the door for refrigerator A door for refrigerator which is sophisticated in design and provided at a lower production cost. The door for refrigerator is composed of a door panel made of metal and an inner plate combined with the door panel in a facing manner, a door cap which fits into the d... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7007439 | Door with lockset A storm door has first and second elongated, partly curved lock receiving openings formed in respective elongated edges. Each opening is filled in part with a molded hollow insert with an external periphery which matches a periphery of the respective opening. A lock... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6981351 | Fire rated door with a surrounding door frame A fire rated door with a surrounding door frame, consisting of a glass pane, which is embedded between its circumferential metal frame, said fire rated door consists of at least one door leaf realized from two glass panes spaced apart by means of profiles, whereby t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6962031 | Doors A door comprises a framework formed from lengths of pultruded synthetic material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion, the space defined by the framework may be at least partially occupied by a core comprising a body of synthetic, structural-density, foam m... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6952903 | Compression molded door assembly A door member comprising a frame having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, a core positioned within the frame, and a molded skin attached to the first side of the frame. The skin is prepared from a molding compound which, when molded, has a shr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6643991 | Fire door and method of assembly The invention is directed to a fire door having a core, stiles, and rails formed of resin bonded exfoliated vermiculite, wherein the core has a density which exceeds that of the stiles and rails. The invention is also directed to such a fire door addition... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6619010 | Super high door structure An assembly structure of a super-high door includes two hubbed door skins and top, bottom, left and right edge-sealing angle bars. The door skins are positioned by flange ribs of the left angle bar. The top and bottom bars are positioned by notches at the... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6606831 | Fire rated door and fire rated window Fire rated door or fire rated window to prevent the spread of smoke and fire which is suitable for use in the region of a fire protection partition, said fire rated door or fire rated window comprises a mobile frame with a filling compartment consisting o... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6568149 | Sealed garage door joint with thermal break A joining strip is provided by which sheet metal may be formed into a hollow tubular panel. The joining strip provides a seam between panel edges that acts as a thermal break between inner and outer faces of the panel. The joining strip may also carry a r... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6481179 | Frames for steel clad doors with jambs comprising a channel with spaced side walls and a bottom wall having integrally formed bracing connected to the walls at spaced points along the length A frame for supporting steel cladding panels of steel clad doors and doors formed therewith, the frames comprising a pair of jambs connected by headers and sills, each jamb comprising a molded channel of composite plastic material having within the channe... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6412247 | Composite structural member and wall assembly method This disclosure relates to a composite structural member comprising a body part and multiple rigid strips which are attached to and separated by the body part. The body part is formed by a core having substantially flat parallel sides and opposed edges, a... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6321505 | Metal door and method of production A door comprising two metal panels and an internal core structure. The panels have their edges formed around a perimeter sub-frame of channel construction, the base of the channel being internally adjacent the respective edge of the door. Opposing edges o... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6308463 | Hinge assembly and method of attachment for composite panel doors A door having a core made from a composite panel material such as medium density fiberboard or particleboard is provided with a plurality of dowels which are secured, such as by an adhesive, within openings extending into the core. The dowels and openings... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6295787 | Insulated outer structure for refrigerated food storage apparatus and foam injection method using the same An outer structure for a refrigerated food storage apparatus includes an outer shell forming a visible exterior of the apparatus; and an inner liner made of molded plastic and coupled to the outer shell, to form an inter-panel space to be filled with a bo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6138432 | Refrigerator door construction A refrigerator door for use in a refrigerator appliance has an outer door panel, an inner door liner, a metal reinforcing collar and a paper sheet. The collar has a generally rectangular frame that extends over a peripheral border of a central portion of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132540 | Method of fabricating a door and a door A method of fabricating a door and a door. A first step involves molding a first door skin. A second step involves molding a second door skin. One or both of the first door skin and the second door skin have molded in place rails. One or both of the first... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6098368 | Door with reinforced metal panels A door has two metal panels, with each panel having a rectangular face member with opposite side and end edges. Side and end members extend from the side and end edges and engage to secure the panels together and form the door. Rigid support members are s... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5934040 | Pigmented compression molded skins/doors and method of manufacture In a door constructed of spaced apart compression molded skins reinforced with fiber glass with the core between the skins filled with foam to construct the door, an improved skin for such doors is constructed by adding specific pigments to the raw materi... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5870868 | Outer panel for air conditioner An outer frame (71) is formed by orderly connecting four connecting blocks (74) arranged at predetermined intervals with four beam members (75). The connecting block (74) is made of heat insulating synthetic resin as well as the beam member (75). A lower ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5839252 | Metal door with continuous frame and method A metal door has a unitary rectangular frame of generally uniform cross section providing stiles and rails, and a pair of substantially rectangular panels which are secured to the frame. The panels have opposed flanges overlying and engaged with the adjac... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5743057 | Auxiliary door and method for matching a sectional door A door assembled from a plurality of discrete lengths of door section, the door sections being identical in appearance to the door sections of an adjacent sectional door. The length of each discrete length of door section is selectively predetermined in o... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5720142 | Foam-filled door and method of manufacture A foam-filled door manufactured in accordance with the present invention comprises a frame (11) having a pair of ledge areas (58) extending about substantially the entire inner periphery of the frame (11). The frame (11) is formed by the spaced parallel p... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5570560 | Pan type metal door A panel assembly that may be used in doors, particularly hollow metal doors, and other types of panels such as interior and exterior walls, room partitions, and the like. The panel assembly exemplified by a hollow or filled metal door is constructed from ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5568712 | Refrigerator door construction A refrigerator door is formed of a unitary sheet of pre-painted metal. The door has a front wall with top, bottom and side walls projecting from its edges. The top and bottom walls have indented portions adjacent each of their ends. The ends of the side w... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5540026 | Panel and a method for producing the panel A panel (1) comprising a front surface (2) shaped to simulate a framed-up panel is manufactured by forming a main panel member (4) from a main substrate (7) laminated with a main veneer sheet (10). A front surface (5) of the main panel member (4) is forme... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5533311 | Thermoformed plastic refrigerator door A unitary plastic refrigerator door is produced by simultaneously thermoforming an outer refrigerator door panel with an inner refrigerator door liner. During production, an annular flange portion of the inner refrigerator door liner is joined with an ann... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5490361 | Modular panel for right angle interconnection An interconnectable modular panel of rectangular shape having longitudinal right-angle connecting recesses in opposed end walls thereof. An elongated connector member is secured in the connecting recess with a portion of the recess defining an abutment en... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5448872 | Pan type metal door A panel assembly that may be used in doors, particularly hollow metal doors, and other types of panels such as interior and exterior walls, room partitions, and the like. The panel assembly exemplified by a hollow or filled metal door is constructed from ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5239799 | Insulated door with synthetic resin skins A door has a pair of spaced stiles at its side edges, a top rail extending between the upper ends of the rails, and a pair of synthetic resin skins providing the faces of the door and adhesively bonded to the stiles and rail. The skins have opposed flange... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5077948 | Polymer enclosed door A structure for limiting access, such as a storm door, having first and second polymer shells with at least one thereof having side shell portions extending at an angle from a major shell portion with these side shell portions adjoining the other shell, t... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4937978 | Joining of side-plates at a metal door A metal door construction has two sheet-metal panels 10,11 which form the flat sides of the door. The panels present folded side-edge portions 10a-10g, 11a-11e which extend parallel to and in contact with one another within a joint region 10f; 11e. One pa... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4922674 | Compression molded door assembly A door assembly having at least one compression molded skin is disclosed. A rectangular frame is not required. Integral edge members extend from each of the top, bottom and side edges of the compression molded skin and are connected to a second skin. A co... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4896458 | Door system with interlocking panels A door is formed by latch and hinge panels which can be attached without fasteners or welding. Each of the panels is formed of a unitary piece of sheet metal and includes a rectangular face member, a side flange extending substantially perpendicularly fro... | 01/30/1990 |
