Sectional door and components thereof

Claim 2

A sectional door, each section of which comprises top, bottom, and end frame members forming a frame adapted to receive a panel; said frame members and said panel constituting a section of the sectional door; each said frame member comprising a hollow flat-sided, single-tube tubular extrusion essentially rectangular in cross-section and having a panel-receiving channel indented in the inner side along its front, inner edge; one said transverse frame member having a female hinge-forming member along and at the rear outer edge of the side opposed to said panel-receiving channel and another of said transverse frame members having a complementary male hinge-forming member along at at the corresponding rear outer edge thereof, whereby, when the male hinge-forming member is threaded into said female hinge-forming member, a hinge is formed which allows the two panels thus hinged together to move relative to one another about the rear edge thereof.

Claim 3

A sectional door of claim 1, in which said complementary male hinge-forming member comprises a cylindrical bead which is connected to said transverse frame member at the edge thereof by a relatively narrow, stem-like portion and said female hinge-forming member has inner surfaces complementary to said bead and an opening to receive said stem-like portion, which opening is wide enough to allow the requisite hinge movement but not wide enough to allow said bead to pass through.

Claim 4

A sectional door of claim 1, in which said frame members have along the inner rear edges thereof a chamfer which, in the assembled frame, forms a panel-receiving annular indentation adapted to receive a rear panel member.

Claim 5

A sectional door of claim 2, which further comprises a screw-receiving channel located inside said tubular extrusion on and near the center of the side opposite the side having said panel-receiving channel and in which said frame members have along the inner rear edges thereof a chamfer which, in the assembled frame, forms a panel-receiving annular indentation adapted to receive a rear panel member, whereby, when the frame members are assembled around the front panel to form a section of the door, the rear inner edges will have an annular chamfer to receive the rear panel.

Claim 6

A sectional door the sections of which comprise top, bottom, and end, single-tube, hollow frame members forming a substantially rectangular frame having an annular, U-shaped front-panel receiving channel along the inner front edges thereof and an annular, L-shaped rear-panel chamfer along the inner rear edges thereof, said frame members being assembled around a front panel to form a section of the door with the front panel seated in said channel, said annular, U-shaped channel having outside faces which are aligned in a common plane and which frame said front panel, and said annular chamfer being open to the rear to receive a rear panel after the section is assembled.

Claim 7

A sectional door the sections of which comprise top, bottom, and end, single-tube, hollow frame members forming a substantially rectangular frame having an annular, U-shaped front-panel receiving channel along the inner front edges thereof and an annular, L-shaped rear-panel chamfer along the inner rear edges thereof, said frame members being assembled around a front panel to form a section of the door with the front panel seated in said channel, said annular, U-shaped channel having outside faces which are aligned in a common plane and which frame said front panel, and said annular chamfer being open to the rear to receive a rear panel after the section is assembled.

Claim 8

A sectional door of claim 5, in which juxtaposed transverse frame members are provided with complementary male and female hinge-forming members so formed that the male hinge-forming member can be threaded into the female hinge-forming member to form a hinge and being located off center along and at the opposed rear edges of the juxtaposed frame members.

Claim 9

A sectional door of claim 6, in which said complementary male hinge-forming member comprises a cylindrical bead which is connected to said transverse frame member by a relatively narrow, stem-like portion and said female hinge-forming member has inner surfaces complementary to said bead and an opening to receive said stem-like portion, which opening is wide enough to allow the requisite hinge movement but not wide enough to allow said bead to pass through.

Claim 10

A sectional door of claim 6, in which at least one of the juxtaposed sides has an undercut channel into which a sealing strip having a complementary leg can be threaded and which is so located that, when the door is closed, the sealing strip will be compressed to effect a seal.

Claim 11

A sectional door of claim 6, in which the opposed side of the juxtaposed frame members have undercut channels into which complementary sealing strips can be threaded and which are so located that, when the door is closed, the opposed sealing strips will seal, one against the other.

Claim 12

A frame member for framing sections of a sectional door which comprises a hollow, tubular extrusion essentially rectangular in cross section and having a U-shaped, front panel-receiving channel indented in the inner side of said frame member adjacent to the front side thereof; the front side of said frame member also constituting the front wall of said channel and the rear wall of said channel constituting a part of the front wall of the hollow portion of said extrusion.

Claim 13

A frame member for framing sections of a sectional door which comprises a hollow, tubular extrusion essentially rectangular in cross section and having a U-shaped, front panel-receiving channel indented in the inner side of said frame member adjacent to the front side thereof; the front side of said frame member also constituting the front wall of said channel and the rear wall of said channel constituting a part of the front wall of the hollow portion of said extrusion.

Claim 14

A frame member of claim 10, in which the bottom wall of said channel is relatively thick and extends to the surface of the outer side of said extrusion.

Claim 15

A frame member of claim 10, in which the bottom wall of said panel-receiving channel has substantially the same thickness as the side walls thereof and is spaced from the outer side of said extrusion whereby the hollow portion of said extrusion has a panhandle bounded by part of the front walls of said hollow portion of extrusion, the front side of said extrusion, and the bottom of said channel.

Claim 16

The frame member of claim 11, in which the outer side has an undercut channel in the relatively thick wall between that side and the bottom of said panel-receiving channel.

Claim 17

A frame member of claim 13, in which the corner opposite said undercut channel and cater-cornered to said panel-receiving channel has a male hinge-forming element comprising a cylindrical bead connected to said extrusion by a relatively narrow strip.

Claim 18

A frame member of claim 13, in which the corner opposite the undercut panel, and cater-cornered to said panel-receiving channel, has a female hinge-forming element comprising an elongated channel, the sides of which are bent in to form an inner cylindrical surface.

Claim 19

A frame member of claim 10, in which there is provided, at its inner, rear corner, a chamfer, adapted to form, when a frame is made from like frame members, an annular rear-panel-receiving chamber.

Claim 20

A sectional door, each section of which comprises top, bottom, and end frame members forming a frame adapted to receive a panel; said frame members and said panel constituting a section of the sectional door; each said frame member comprising a hollow, tubular extrusion essentially rectangular in cross-section and having a panel-receiving channel along its front, inner edge; one said transverse frame member having a female hinge-forming member along the rear outer edge of the side opposed to said panel-receiving channel and another of said transverse frame members having a complementary male hinge-forming member along the corresponding rear outer edge thereof, whereby, when the male hinge-forming member is threaded into said female hinge-forming member, a hinge is formed which allows the two panels thus hinged together to move relative to one another about the rear edge thereof; in which the side of an extrusion having a hinge member thereon also has an undercut channel adapted to have a sealing strip fitted there into, said undercut channel being so located that when the door is closed, the sealing strip is compressed to effect a seal.

Claim 21

A sectional door, each section of which comprises top, bottom, and end frame members forming a frame adapted to receive a panel; said frame members and said panel constituting a section of the sectional door; each said frame member comprising a hollow, tubular extrusion essentially rectangular in cross-section and having a panel-receiving channel along its front, inner edge; one said transverse frame member having a female hinge-forming member along the rear outer edge of the side opposed to said panel-receiving channel and another of said transverse frame members having a complementary male hinge-forming member along the corresponding rear outer edge thereof, whereby, when the male hinge-forming member is threaded into said female hinge-forming member, a hinge is formed which allows the two panels thus hinged together to move relative to one another about the rear edge thereof; in which the side of an extrusion having a hinge member thereon also has an undercut channel adapted to have a sealing strip fitted there into, said undercut channel being so located that when the door is closed, the sealing strip is compressed to effect a seal.

Claim 22

A sectional door of claim 17, in which the sides of said extrusions having hinge members thereon also have undercut channels adapted to have complementary sealing strips threaded thereinto, said undercut channels being so located that when said door is closed, the sealing strip of one channel abuts that of the other and the two sealing strips are compressed one against the other.