Sectional side light door frame

Claim 2

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal and arranged to be installed within an opening formed in a wall and resting upon the floor of a building comprising: a main frame comprising a header of channel-shaped configuration in cross section disposed in a horizontal position and arranged to be mounted across the top of the wall opening embracing the opposite marginal wall surfaces thereof; a pair of vertical framing members disposed along the opposite sides of the wall opening and having lower ends resting upon the floor of the building, said vertical members being channelshaped in cross section and embracing the opposite marginal surfaces of the wall about the wall opening; the adjoining ends of said horizontal header and vertical framing members being mitered to interfit one another upon installation of the main frame within the wall opening; means interfitting the upper end portions of the vertical framing members at the mitered end portions thereof and interfitting the mitered end portions of the horizontal header at opposite ends and aligning the mitered end portions of the framing members and header in a common plane with one another; a pair of sills mounted on the floor, said sills having outer end portions connected to the lower end portions of the vertical framing members which rest upon the floor of the building; connecting means joining the outer end of the sills to the lower end portions of the vertical framing members which rest upon the floor; a door frame mounted within the main frame, said door frame including a pair of vertical door jambs spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members of the main frame and resting upon the floor; the lower ends of the vertical jambs being engaged against the inner ends of said sills; connecting means securing the lower end portions of the vertical door jambs to the inner ends of the sills and spacing the door jambs inwardly from the vertical members of the main frame; a transom bar spaced downwardly from the header of the main frame and extending horizontally across the upper ends of the vertical door jambs and having opposite ends abutting the vertical framing members thereby completing the door frame; said transom bar and door jambs each including a door stop and at least one inset rabbet adjoining the door stop; said door jambs and transom bar delineating a door opening arranged to receive a door which interfits the inset rabbets of the transom bar and door jambs and seats against the stop rails; connecting means joining the upper ends of the vertical door jambs to the horizontal transom bar of the door frame; and connecting means joining the opposite ends of the transom bar to the vertical members of the main frame, whereby the main frame secures the horizontal transom bar and vertical door jambs in a spaced position within the main frame, adapting a door to be hinged relative to the door jambs and transom bar.

Claim 3

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal and arranged to be installed within an opening formed in a wall and resting upon the floor of a building comprising: a main frame comprising a header of channel-shaped configuration in cross section disposed in a horizontal position and arranged to be mounted across the top of the wall opening embracing the opposite marginal wall surfaces thereof; a pair of vertical framing members disposed along the opposite sides of the wall opening and having lower ends resting upon the floor of the building, said vertical members being channel-shaped in cross section and embracing the opposite marginal surfaces of the wall about the wall opening; the adjoining ends of said horizontal header and vertical framing members being mitered to interfit one another upon installation of the main frame within the wall opening; corner clips secured to the upper mitered ends of the vertical framing members and projecting upwardly therefrom, the corner clips having end portions interfitting the end portions of the horizontal header and aligning the vertical framing members and header in a common plane with one another, said corner clips including Means securing the mitered end portions of the header and framing members together; a pair of sills mounted upon the floor and secured thereto; connecting brackets securing the outer ends of the sills to the lower end portions of the vertical framing members which rest upon the floor; a door frame mounted within said main frame, said door frame comprising a pair of vertical door jambs spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members of the main frame and resting upon the floor; said vertical door jambs being channel-shaped in cross section; connecting brackets securing the lower end portions of the vertical door jambs to the inner ends of the sills, thereby spacing the jambs inwardly from the vertical members of the main frame; a transom bar spaced downwardly from the header of the main frame and extending horizontally across the upper ends of the vertical door jambs and completing the door frame; said transom bar being generally channel-shaped in cross section and having opposite ends abutting the vertical framing members of the main frame; connecting brackets secured to the vertical members of the main frame and interfitting the abutting end portions of the transom bar and secured thereto; the upper ends of said vertical door jambs abutting the horizontal transom bar at points spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members; connecting brackets secured to the transom bar and projecting into the abutting end portions of the channel-shaped door jambs and securing the upper ends of the vertical jambs to the horizontal transom bar; said transom bar and door jambs each including a door stop and at least one inset rabbet adjoining the door stop; said door jambs and transom bar providing a door opening to receive a door hinged within the door frame.

Claim 4

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal and arranged to be installed within an opening formed in a wall and resting upon the floor of a building comprising: a main frame comprising a header of channel-shaped configuration in cross section disposed in a horizontal position and arranged to be mounted across the top of the wall opening embracing the opposite marginal wall surfaces thereof; a pair of vertical framing members disposed along the opposite sides of the wall opening and having lower ends resting upon the floor of the building, said vertical members being channel-shaped in cross section and embracing the opposite marginal surfaces of the wall about the wall opening; the adjoining ends of said horizontal header and vertical framing members being mitered to interfit one another upon installation of the main frame within the wall opening; corner clips secured to the upper mitered ends of the vertical framing members and projecting upwardly therefrom, the corner clips having end portions interfitting the end portions of the horizontal header and aligning the vertical framing members and header in a common plane with one another, said corner clips including Means securing the mitered end portions of the header and framing members together; a pair of sills mounted upon the floor and secured thereto; connecting brackets securing the outer ends of the sills to the lower end portions of the vertical framing members which rest upon the floor; a door frame mounted within said main frame, said door frame comprising a pair of vertical door jambs spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members of the main frame and resting upon the floor; said vertical door jambs being channel-shaped in cross section; connecting brackets securing the lower end portions of the vertical door jambs to the inner ends of the sills, thereby spacing the jambs inwardly from the vertical members of the main frame; a transom bar spaced downwardly from the header of the main frame and extending horizontally across the upper ends of the vertical door jambs and completing the door frame; said transom bar being generally channel-shaped in cross section and having opposite ends abutting the vertical framing members of the main frame; connecting brackets secured to the vertical members of the main frame and interfitting the abutting end portions of the transom bar and secured thereto; the upper ends of said vertical door jambs abutting the horizontal transom bar at points spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members; connecting brackets secured to the transom bar and projecting into the abutting end portions of the channel-shaped door jambs and securing the upper ends of the vertical jambs to the horizontal transom bar; said transom bar and door jambs each including a door stop and at least one inset rabbet adjoining the door stop; said door jambs and transom bar providing a door opening to receive a door hinged within the door frame.

Claim 5

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which there is provided a pair of sill anchors formed of sheet metal, each of said sill anchors being generally channel-shaped in cross section having a base plate secured upon the floor and having vertical limbs rising from the base plate, said sills each being generally channel-shaped in cross section comprising an upper web section, a pair of vertical limbs extending downwardly from the upper web section, each limb having an inturned lip, the inner ends of the inturned lips normally being spaced apart a distance less than the spacing of the vertical limbs of the sill anchor, the limbs of the sill being sprung apart with said inturned lips resting upon the floor, the sill being mounted upon the floor by engagement of the inturned lips with respect to the vertical limbs of the sill anchor.

Claim 6

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which there is provided a pair of sill anchors formed of sheet metal, each of said sill anchors being generally channel-shaped in cross section having a baseplate secured upon the floor and having vertical limbs rising from the baseplate, the upper end of said limbs including angulated portions bent inwardly toward one another, said sills each being generally channel-shaped in cross section comprising an upper web section, a pair of vertical limbs extending downwardly from the upper web section, each limb having an inturned lip, the inner ends of the inturned lips normally being spaced apart a distance less than the spacing of the vertical limbs of the sill anchor, the inturned lips of the sills resting upon the floor, whereby the inturned lips of the sill are sprung apart and mounted upon the floor by a camming action of the inturned lips with respect to the angulated upper end portions of the limbs of the sill anchor.

Claim 7

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which the connecting brackets which secure the outer ends of the sill to the lower end portions of the vertical framing members of the main frame, each comprise a pair of brackets secured to the lower end portions of the veRtical framing members, said brackets being U-shaped in the horizontal plane and comprising a vertical web secured to the lower end portion of each vertical framing member and a pair of ears projecting horizontally and outwardly from the upper and lower ends of the vertical web and extending outwardly along the outer edges of said vertical framing member on opposite sides thereof, said ears interfitting the interior of the sill at its end portion which adjoins the vertical framing member, said sill and said ears having matching apertures, and screws passing through said matching apertures and securing the outer end portions of the sills to the said ears.

Claim 8

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which the transom bar is formed of sheet metal and is of hollow composite construction comprising a main member which is generally channel-shaped in cross section having an open side, a plurality of generally U-shaped insert clips interfitted within the channel-shaped transom bar, an internal reinforcing insert channel-shaped in cross section, disposed within the channel-shaped transom bar, the hollow, channel-shaped transom bar having inturned lips at its open side, said insert clips having outwardly turned lips seated against and secured to the inturned lips of the transom bar, said reinforcing insert having inturned lips seated against and secured to the outwardly turned lips of the insert clips, and a cap, generally U-shaped in cross section telescopically inserted upon the U-shaped portion of the said insert clips and secured thereto.

Claim 9

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which the transom bar is hollow in cross section and in which the vertical framing members of the main frame each include a pair of connecting brackets located at an intermediate point along the length of the vertical framing members, the brackets being U-shaped as viewed in the horizontal plane, each bracket including a pair of ears extending outwardly in a horizontal plane, said ears interfitting the end portions of the hollow transom bar, said transom bar and said ears having apertures which match with one another upon installation of the end portions of the transom bar in an abutting relationship with the vertical framing members, and a plurality of screws threaded through the said matching apertures and thereby securing the end portions of the transom bar to the framing members.

Claim 10

A sectional side light frame formed of sheet metal as set forth in claim 2 in which the vertical door jambs of the door frame, which are spaced inwardly from the vertical framing members of the main frame, are hollow in cross section and in which the horizontal transom bar includes pairs of brackets which are U-shaped as viewed in the horizontal plane, said brackets each including a pair of spaced ears projecting downwardly in a vertical direction at right angles with reference to the transom bar, said hollow vertical door jambs having upper end portions interfitting the spaced ears of said brackets, the upper end portions of the vertical door jambs and the ears of said brackets having matching apertures, and a plurality of screws threaded through said matching apertures and securing the upper end portions of the vertical door jambs to the vertical ears of the U-shaped brackets of the horizontal transom bar.