GB2490560A

GB2490560A - Double door assembly with false centre frame member

Info

Publication number: GB2490560A
Application number: GB1201061.7A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Stephen Stone
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-01-31
Filing date: 2012-01-23
Publication date: 2012-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-23
Also published as: GB201201061D0; GB2490560B; GB201101546D0

Abstract

An internal doorway installed in a wall opening between a residential room and a corridor, has a door frame 1 fixed in the wall opening including a pair of jambs 6, 7 and a top section 8. A pair of doors 12 and 13 are hung from the jambs within the frame, providing a main door 12 and an auxiliary door 13, the auxiliary door 13 being a smaller width to the main door, preferably a half door. On the corridor side, the inner edge of the auxiliary door carries a false frame section 20 which extends parallel to the jambs between the top section of the frame and the bottom of the wall opening. The auxiliary door 13 preferably has concealed hinges, and hidden fixing bolts allow the auxiliary door to be fixed in the closed position. A similar architrave section 22 is provided on the accommodation side of the half-door to match an internal architrave 21 fixed to the frame 1.

Description

INTERNAL DOORWAY FOR RESIDENTIAL

ACCOMMODATION

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to an internal doorway which is intended to be installed in a wall opening between residential accommodation and a corridor.

BACKGROUND

The latest scientific care sector research, which is generally accepted internationally, has established that residents and patients, especially those suffering from dementia and people with poor eyesight, need to be able to readily identify their own doors within a corridor which may have many other doors (including w.c., storage, etc.). Such a doorway should give the individual a positive sense that it is their personal threshold to their own private accommodation. However, this recommendation generally conflicts with the need for such establishments to provide ease of access to bedrooms to allow for the occasional use of large items of care equipment such as profiling beds, hoists, other palliative care equipment, etc. The present invention seeks to provide a new and inventive form of internal doorway which has the appearance of a standard residential door whilst retaining the function of a substantially wider doorway.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention proposes an internal doorway installed in a wall opening between a residential room and a corridor, the doorway having a door frame fixed in the wall opening including a pair of jambs and a top section, and a pair of doors hung from respective jambs within the frame, providing a main door and an auxiliary door which is of smaller width than the main door, the doors being mounted on hinges such that they meet at their inner edges when closed but can be opened when required to provide through-access across the full width of the frame, the doorway including fastening means which can be operated to fix the auxiliary door in the closed position relative to the frame, and in which, on the corridor side, the inner edge of the auxiliary door carries a false frame section which extends parallel to the jambs between the top section of the frame and the bottom of the wall opening.

While the doorway is in fact a double-door it gives the outward appearance of a vestibule-style household front door with an apparently fixed frame.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following description and the accompanying drawings referred to therein are included by way of non-limiting example in order to illustrate how the invention may be put into practice.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation, viewed from the corridor side, of a internal doorway in accordance with the invention; and Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the same doorway.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The doorway shown in the drawings is typically installed in a multi-occupancy care home or similar establishment to provide the principal means of access between a resident's private accommodation space and a communal corridor.

The doorway includes a door frame 1 which is fixed in a wall opening 2 between the accommodation 3 and the corridor 4.

The frame is recessed into the wall opening 2 on the corridor side, where the edges of the opening may be protected from damage by angled corner protectors 10. Although the drawings show stud walling 5, the doorway could be installed in other kinds of wall such as block, brick or stone walls, using frame screws or other known fixing methods. The frame 1 has a pair of vertical jambs 6 and 7 and a top section 8, and is formed with an internal rebate 9 to receive a pair of doors 12 and 13 which open inwardly towards the accommodation side 3. The doors comprise a standard-width main door 12 and an auxiliary half-door 13 which are hung from respective jambs 6 and 7. The half-door 13 is of smaller width than the main door 12, e.g. approximately half its width, and is preferably plain as shown.

The half-door is mounted on concealed hinges 14 (known per se) which are not visible from the inside. Hidden top and bottom bolts or other fasteners 15 are recessed into the edge of the door to enable the half-door to be fixed to the frame and the floor in the closed position, as shown. The fasteners are flush-fitting in the leading edge of the half-door and are not visible on the accommodation side. They can only be operated when the main door is open. The main door 12 may be of a decorative style, glazed or unglazed, a two-panel door being shown in the drawings. The door 12 may be mounted on conventional butt hinges 16 and can be provided with a conventional latch 17 for engagement with the adjacent edge of the half-door 13 where the two doors meet at their inner edges 18 and 19.

On the corridor side 4, the inner edge 19 of the half-door carries a false frame section 20 which extends parallel to the jambs 6 and 7 between the top frame section 8 and the bottom of the wall opening. The frame section 20 is profiled to closely match the appearance of the frame 1, thus giving the illusion that the main door 12 is mounted within its own fixed frame.

On the accommodation side 3 all three sides of the frame 1 are covered by a suitably profiled architrave strip 21. The inner edge 19 of the half-door 13 carries a false architrave section 22 which extends parallel to the jambs 6 and 7 between the top architrave strip and the bottom of the wall opening. The section 22 closely matches the architrave strip 21 and is scribed to meet the horizontal architrave strip that crosses above the doors, thus completing the illusion that the main door 12 is mounted within a fixed frame.

The half-door 13 will normally remain closed allowing the resident to use the main door 12 as a normal single-opening door. However, the half-door 13 can be opened when required to provide through-access across the full width of the frame.

While the doorway is in fact a one-and-a-half double-door as seen in hospitals and offices etc. it appears, to all intents and purposes, as a vestibule-style household front door with an apparently-fixed side panel. On the corridor side, the door frame appears recessed, like any normal front door, into the corridor wall giving solid wall reveals. The false frame section completes the vestibule front-door effect to give the appearance of a single door that closes against the jamb of an apparently-fixed side panel. On the accommodation side 3 the half-door is made to appear as part of the wall by having concealed hinges and architrave fitted vertically to its leading edge.

The intended effects of the features described above may be further enhanced by the use of colour and tone, whereby the half door is painted in the same colours as the corridor wall and doorframe.

Whilst the above description places emphasis on the areas which are believed to be new and addresses specific problems which have been identified, it is intended that the features disclosed herein may be used in any combination which is capable of providing a new and useful advance in the art.

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Claims

CLAIMS1. An internal doorway installed in a wall opening between a residential room and a corridor, the doorway having a door frame fixed in the wall opening including a pair of jambs and a top section, and a pair of doors hung from respective jambs within the frame, providing a main door and an auxiliary door which is of smaller width than the main door, the doors being mounted on hinges such that they meet at their inner edges when closed but can be opened when required to provide through-access across the full width of the frame, the doorway including fastening means which can be operated to fix the auxiliary door in the closed position relative to the frame, and in which, on the corridor side, the inner edge of the auxiliary door carries a false frame section which extends parallel to the jambs between the top section of the frame and the bottom of the wall opening.
2. An internal doorway according to Claim 1 in which, on the corridor side, the door frame is recessed into the wall opening.
3. An internal doorway according to Claim 1 or 2 in which the door frame is rebated to receive the doors such that the doors open towards the accommodation side.
4. An internal doorway according to any p. claim in which the auxiliary door is mounted in the frame using concealed hinges.
5. An internal doorway according to any preceding claim in which, on the accommodation side, frame is covered by an architrave strip and the inner edge of the auxiliary door carries an architrave section which extends between the top architrave strip and the bottom of the wall opening.
6. An internal doorway according to any preceding claim in which the auxiliary door is provided with top and bottom fasteners which fix the door to the top section of the frame and the bottom of the wall opening.
7. An internal doorway according to Claim 6 in which the top and bottom fasteners are recessed into the edge of the auxiliary door such that they are not visible from the accommodation side and can only be operated when the main door is opened.
8. An internal doorway installed in a wall opening between a residential room and a corridor substantially as described with reference to the drawings.* * * * * * * *