Abstract: Sections of extruded rigid plastics material form a rectangular main frame including a pair of vertical jamb members, a top head member and a bottom sill member connected by welded mitered corners. An extruded plastic astragal member is spaced between the jamb members and has laterally projecting stop portions and internal walls which are rigidly connected by long screws to the head and sill members. A fixed door panel and a pivotal door panel have extruded plastic rectangular frames with welded mitered corner joints and which surround corresponding glazing panels. A continuous gear hinge has an inactive leaf secured to the astragal member and a slightly shorter active leaf which covers an edge portion of the pivotal door panel. The door panel frames have internal walls which cooperate with the welded corner joints to maintain each frame flat, and long screws positively connect the leaves of the gear hinge to the pivotal door panel frame and the astragal member.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 14, 2001
Publication date:
March 21, 2002
Applicant:
Dayton Technologies, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Paul A. Siudzinski, Jonathan C. Hauberg, David A. Stammen, Donald F. Schmidt, Dennis D. Cox
Abstract: Sections of extruded rigid plastics material form a rectangular main frame including a pair of vertical jamb members, a top head member and a bottom sill member connected by welded mitered corners. An extruded plastic astragal member is spaced between the jamb members and has laterally projecting stop portions and internal walls which are rigidly connected by long screws to the head and sill members. A fixed door panel and a pivotal door panel have extruded plastic rectangular frames with welded mitered corner joints and which surround corresponding glazing panels. A continuous gear hinge has an inactive leaf secured to the astragal member and a slightly shorter active leaf which covers an edge portion of the pivotal door panel. The door panel frames have internal walls which cooperate with the welded corner joints to maintain each frame flat, and long screws positively connect the leaves of the gear hinge to the pivotal door panel frame and the astragal member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2001
Assignee:
Dayton Technologies, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Paul A. Siudzinski, Jonathan C. Hauberg, David A. Stammen, Donald F. Schmidt, Dennis D. Cox
Abstract: Parallel spaced elongated deck planks are extruded of a rigid plastics material, and each plank includes opposite vertical side walls integrally connected by a generally flat top wall and a contoured bottom wall. The bottom wall of each plank is formed by coplanar bottom edge portions and a bottom center portion integrally connected by a pair of inverted U-shaped or semi-cylindrical portions defining parallel spaced downwardly facing semi-cylindrical cavities. Radially positioned and thinner internal reinforcement walls integrally connect the top wall to each semi-cylindrical bottom wall portion, and a vertical center wall integrally connects the top wall with the bottom wall center portion. Elongated aluminum carrier strips cover the wood supporting joists, and each carrier strip has outwardly and downwardly projecting opposite edge portions to direct water from the joists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Dayton Technologies, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Michael T. Chaney, Jonathan C. Hauberg, Paul A. Siudzinski
Abstract: Horizontally spaced vertical posts each include a square tubular extruded plastic sleeve enclosing a square tubular metal reinforcing post having a lower end portion with keyhole and vertical slots in each side for receiving bolts preassembled to a supporting frame or substructure. Upper and lower elongated rails each include a tubular extruded plastic body enclosing a metal reinforcing channel and also define a longitudinally extending open cavity. Opposite end portions of the rails project into corresponding openings within the posts, and an elongated extruded plastic cap has longitudinal snap clips engaging opposing lips projecting into the cavity within the upper rail. A plurality of plastic vertical spindles have upper and lower end portions projecting into the bodies and channels of the upper and lower rails, and the end portions of the rail bodies have outwardly projecting retaining barbs within the posts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2001
Assignee:
Dayton Technologies, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Michael T. Chaney, Jonathan C. Hauberg, Paul A. Siudzinski