US2651813A

US2651813A - Adjustable door buck and trim

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Publication number: US2651813A
Application number: US251299A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Alfonso Alvarez
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1951-10-15
Filing date: 1951-10-15
Publication date: 1953-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 1970-09-15

Description

P 1953 A. ALVAREZ, JR

ADJUSTABLE DOOR BUCK AND TRIM Filed Oct. 15, 1951 J 4 5 4 1mm INVENTOR YZ/b 12.9 o fZmzreZy/i.

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 15, 1953 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a door buck and trim construction adapted to be mounted along the edge of a door opening, and. more particularly to a door buck and trim whichmay be quickly and easil installed and is adjustable for varying wall thicknesses, and to expedite building construction.

The conventional construction for trimming a door opening is quite costly and time-consuming in that several diflicult Woodworking operations are required for installation. The carpenter must first apply a'w'ooden door buck to the rough opening, shim it into plumb position, and then nail it to the rough stud opening. The trim must then be mitered on'both sides and then the door step must be secured in position.

in order to obviate these expensive and timeconsuming woodworking operations, it has been proposed to employ a unitary metal member comprising the several elements of trim sections, door buck, and door stop; -Howev'er, this metal unit is impractical because of several disadvantages. in addition to being expensive, it must be installed by holding it in position and then building the wall into it. Furthermore, the fact that it is necessarily formed of metal precludes its use for many purposes such as home construction where the appearance of wood is necessary for the trim and wherein wood is deemed the only material acceptable to the consumer. Also, the metal door buck frequently moves out of position before the wall is built to meet it, thus requiring an additional time-consuming operation in repositioning it.

The present invention is directed to an adjustable door buck and trim construction which obviates the above noted difficulties. This construction is formed of two members with means for adjustable securing of the members in fixed position with respect to each other so as to change the size of the trim construction and adapt it to walls of varying thicknesses. Furthermore, the trim construction of the present invention may be quickly, easily and economically installed in position on the edges of a door opening with a fraction of the time and effort heretofore necessary in prior art arrangements. The construction is such that it may be formed entirely of metal, or if desired, the trim sections may be made of wood and the door stop sections formed of metal, or the entire construction of wood.

Another novel feature of the present invention resides in the adjustable means for securing the two members together in any desired one of several selectable relative positions so as to accomplish the function of adaptability to various wall thicknesses as noted above. In the preferred embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings and described herein below, this adjustable means comprises a laterally-extending slot in one of the door step sections, an opening in the other door stop section in alignment with said slot, and a self-threading screw adapted to be threaded into said opening and said slot so as to fixedly secure the relative positions of the door stop sections and hence also the members of which they are a part.

(l ne of the most important advantages or" the present invention resides in its simplicity of construction, a feature heretofore lacking in the adjustable trim constructions of the prior art.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention are inherent in the construction as claimed and as described in the specification and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure l is an elevational View wherein the trim sections are formed of wood and the door stop sections are or" metal,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a preferred form of the invention wherein the door step sections are formed of metal and the trim sections are of wood. This construction comprises two members indicated generally at d 5- 12. Member ii is provided with a first Wood section 13 adapted to form a trim along the side at of the wall 45. A second wood section it is provided with a channel ill adapted to receive the inner end id of the trim section 43, the end 28 being securely held within the channel ll. The wood trim section 43 extends inwardly and the second wood section fit extends laterally and perpendicularly to the trim section 43.

The end 49 of the second wood section it is provided with a laterally-extending groove 58 within which is fixedly secured metal flange 5! formed. integral with an inwardly extending metal third section 52. The inner edge 53 of the metal section 5:2 is bent at right angles so as to form a laterally-extending metal fourth section lit. The flange 5! may be secured within the groove 5d by nails 55 or other securing means.

The second member 12 comprises an inwardlyextending wood trim section 56 extending parellel to the trim section 53 and adapted to form a trim along the side 57 of the wall 45. A second wood section 58 is provided at one end with a channel 59 within which is secured the inner end 60 of the trim section 56. The opposite end SI of the second wood section 58 is formed with a groove 52 within which is fixedly secured a lateral flange 93 formed integral with a metal third section 84 extending inwardly and parallel to the metal third section 52. The metal third section 64 is being at right angles at its inner edge 65 to form a metal fourth section 66. The lateral flange 63 may be secured within the groove 62 by nails 61 or in other ways as will be obvious.

It will be noted that the metal sections 5254 of member M and the metal sections 64-66 of member 42 form a metal door stop when the construction is in assembled position along the side edge of the wall 45. The metal fourth section 66 of member 42 is provided with a laterally-extending slot '68 and the metal fourth section 54 of member 4| is provided with an opening 69 in alignment with the slot 68. A self-threading screw is adapted to be threaded into the opening 69 and slot 68, to hold the component parts in fixed related assembly.

It will be understood that the construction described as metal in Figures 1 to 3 could also be made completely in wood simply by transposing, as shown in Figure 2, the metal section for a wood section.

This invention is also applicable to sliding door arrangements, with no stops.

It is to be understood that the specific embodiments of the invention disclosed in the drawings and described in the specification are merely illustrative of several of the many forms which the invention may take in practice, other modifications being readily apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention which is delineated in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An adjustable door buck and trim construction for a door or other opening, said construction comprising a pair of longitudinal vertical members, a first of said members having a first wood portion extending inwardly and adapted to form a trim for one side of the wall adjacent the door opening, a second wood portion extending laterally from the inner edge of the first portion and perpendicular thereto, a third portion of metal extending inwardly from the second portion and parallel to the first portion, and a fourth metal portion extending laterally from the inner edge of the third portion and integral therewith and in the same direction as and parallel to the second portion, the second of said members having a first wood section extending inwardly and spaced from and parallel to said first portion and adapted to form a trim for the other side of said wall, a second wood section extending laterally from the inner edge of the first section and towards the first portion, a third section of metal extending inwardly from said second section and parallel to said third portion, and a fourth section integral with said third section extending parallel to and in slidable abutting relation against said fourth portion of the first member, said third and fourth portions and sections forming a door stop, said members being relatively movable laterally toward or away from each other to various relative positions so as to adjust for various wall thicknesses, and selectable means for fixedly securing said fourth portion with respect to said fourth section so as to maintain said members in fixed position with respect to each other in any selected one of said various relative positions.

2. A construction as recited in claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises said fourth section having a laterally extending slot, said fourth portion having an opening in alignment with said slot, and a self-threading screw adapted to be threaded into said opening and said slot.

ALFONSO ALVAREZ, J R.

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