Door with improved camber setting means

Claim 1

In a door having front and rear spaced sheet panels applied over opposite sides of a frame and including upper and lower edges, said frame including a vertical member extending from adjacent said upper door edge to adjacent said lower door edge, said frame member including upper and lower end portions and having opening means formed therein extending the length of said member from said upper to said lower end portion, a horizontal slot formed in said frame member between and spaced from said upper and lower end portions, said slot intersecting said opening means and extending from said rear sheet panel and terminating spacedly rearwardly of said front sheet panel, the improvement comprising a rod member fitting shiftably within said opening means, one end of said rod member being threaded and located at said upper frame member end portion, the other end of said rod member being threaded and located at said lower frame member end portion, adjustment means having parts threaded onto each of the threaded ends of said rod member, one adjustment means abutting the upper end portion and the other adjustment means abutting the lower end portion of said frame member, anchor means of a length greater than the transverse dimension of said opening means connected to said rod member and fitting within said slot for anchoring said rod against rotational movement within said opening means relative to said frame member, said anchoring means having a thickness less than the width of said slot permitting limited vertical movement of said rod member relative to said frame member during rotation of either of said adjustment means upon said rod member against said abutting frame member end portion to cause said frame member to be compressed between said adjustment means and bowed to provide a camber for said door with said front panel being of a convex configuration.