Abstract: A threshold assembly includes a base defining a channel, a plurality of nuts slideably engaged in the channel, a rail disposed on the base and defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of threaded fasteners rotationally retained in the holes and threadedly engaging the nuts. The channel has a neck and a pair of opposing sides angling outwardly from the neck into the base. Each nut presents opposing contact surfaces complimentary to the opposing sides of the channel such that the nut is slideably engaged in the channel. The nut also includes an elongated platform such that when the threaded fastener is rotated, the elongated platform and the opposing contact surfaces of the nut engage the opposing sides of the channel such that the height of the rail relative to the base is adjusted in response to rotation of the threaded fastener relative to the nut.

Abstract: A vertically adjustable threshold cap is provided for installation in a door sill assembly. The threshold cap includes a lower portion that facilitates vertical adjustment, having pedestals that can be manipulated to achieve vertical adjustment. A cover is connected to the lower portion, and has an access position whereby a user can access and adjust the pedestals, and a closed position whereby no access is provided. The cover may be integrally connected to the lower portion.

Abstract: A threshold system, having a threshold and a flashing removably connected to the threshold is disclosed.

Abstract: A door threshold may comprise a main body formed from two feet. In certain example embodiments, a male-female connection between the feet may be used to adjust the depth of the door threshold. In certain other example embodiments, a center bridge insert to be used in connection with two female feet to adjust the depth of the door threshold. In still further example embodiments, one or more center layers may be disposed between two feet, with the size of the center layer(s) determining the depth of the door threshold. Also, the door threshold may include upper and lower members for sandwiching carpet and/or carpet padding therebetween which, in certain example embodiments, may grip the carpet to reduce the ease with which it may be pulled out from between the upper and lower members. Thus, certain example embodiments may reduce and/or eliminate the need for tacks proximate to the threshold.

Abstract: An adjustable threshold has a lip portion with an adjustable vinyl insert to prevent material from becoming trapped or from engaging a seam present between a floor and a frame member portion adjacent to the floor. The adjustable threshold engages an H-rail trapped in the main U-shaped channel of the frame member which in turn covers and is generally supported by a substrate block. In a preferred embodiment, a first and generally front wall of the frame member is engaged only on one side by a threshold cap. The lip serves to help entrap a second descending wall of the threshold cap and to keep it in place to provide support and stability for the threshold cap. Alternative embodiments exist wherein a lip is advantageously present in a variety of embodiments.

Abstract: An adjustable sill assembly includes an elongated substrate base composed of a molded composite material and defining a T-shaped slot extending along the length of the substrate base and open to a top surface of the substrate base; a sill plate connected with the substrate base; a riser having a top and two downwardly-extending legs defining an interior of the riser, the interior of the riser having a pair of flanges angling downward and toward one another; and means for connecting the substrate base with the riser including a T-nut having a flange and a corresponding screw, the T-nut being slidebly and non-rotatably supported within the T-shaped slot and the screw being rotatably and slideably supported by the pair of flanges and wherein the riser is secured to the substrate base by inserting the screw into the T-nut.

Abstract: An adjustable sill assembly includes a substrate base; a sill plate connected with the substrate base; a riser having a top and two downwardly-extending legs defining an interior of the riser, said interior of the riser having a first flange and a second flange angling downward and toward one another; and means for supporting the riser on the substrate base including an adjusting screw and a corresponding T-nut, said adjusting screw having a head adjacent the substrate base and said T-nut slideably supported by the first and second flanges and wherein the riser is supported by the substrate base by threading the adjusting screw into the T-nut. In another embodiment, the adjusting screw is provided with a head that extends beyond at least one of the downwardly-extending legs of the riser to allow engagement and turning of the adjusting screw from the side of the riser.

Abstract: A threshold assembly includes a unitary compression molded plastic composite body formed to define an upwardly open threshold cap channel, jamb boots at its ends, and a support substrate outboard of the channel. An extruded aluminum sill plate is snapped into place on the plastic body and a vertically adjustable threshold cap is disposed in the upwardly open channel. Drain channels may be formed in the plastic body to direct water outwardly and away from the threshold assembly. The plastic body forms a stable foundation that will not rot, swell, or rack in the presence of moisture and fabrication of the assembly is greatly simplified as compared to traditional threshold assemblies.

Abstract: A door sill assembly for use in an external doorway of a building having a novel, flexible, resilient weatherseal strip is disclosed. The weatherseal strip is disposed between a threshold member and an opposing upright side wall of a metal weather cover. A portion of the strip is attached to and covers an exterior facing side portion of the threshold member and contains a flashing or flap depending downwardly from a sloping shoulder which laps over an upper edge portion of the upright side wall. Water falling upon the weatherseal as, for example, due to rainwater dripping from the external face of an overhanging door when in a closed position, will be directed over the sloping shoulder and flashing beyond the upright side wall onto a sloping foot plate of the weather cover, there to gravitate off an exterior end of the weather cover. The weatherseal thus protects underlying wood parts of the door sill assembly from moisture damage without being held in a compressed state.

Abstract: A door sill assembly is provided with an adjustable threshold. A sill assembly is made up of an elongated metal frame for installation on the floor of the doorway. The metal frame is provided with a tongue and sloping sill portion, a vertically extending rib and a shelf located below and integrally oriented relative to the rib. The threshold rail is supported on the frame member shelf portion upon two adjustable feet for varying the relative height level of the rail. A plastic threshold cap is sized to fit over the threshold rail and includes a pair of downwardly spaced ribs sized to securely fit over the vertical rib of the frame member to locate the threshold cap and rail relative to the frame member while providing limited vertical adjustment. Preferably, the interior trim molding is provided which is fixed relative to the frame member and oriented inboard of the threshold cap.

Abstract: A threshold assembly for a garage door for preventing moisture and air drafts from entering the garage under the garage door. The threshold assembly for a garage door includes at least one elongate base member being made of pressure treated wood; and also includes an elongate channel member being securely fastened about the at least one elongate base member; and further includes two height-adjustable mounting bracket securely attached to the ends of the at least one elongate base member and the elongate channel member and being height-adjustably mounted to the garage door track with the elongate channel member being disposed in vertical alignment with the garage door.

Abstract: A one-piece wood rivet having a first upper portion and a second lower portion is disclosed for use in adjustably securing a first piece of wood to a second piece of wood. A typical application of the rivet is the adjustment of a door threshold assembly. The first upper portion of the one-piece wood rivet includes a head and a flange. The second lower portion of the one-piece wood rivet includes a threaded shank which mates with a nut affixed to the second piece of wood. The head of the first upper portion of the one-piece wood rivet includes a lip which is deformable into a countersunk bore in the first piece of wood. The one-piece wood rivet resides substantially in a bore which extends through the first piece of wood. The one piece wood rivet is rotatable within the bore of the first piece of wood and is secured to the first piece of wood by its flange and the deformed lip. The second piece of wood includes a bore therethrough and a nut having threads affixed to the second piece of wood.

Abstract: A sill support for protecting the sill of a window or door in new or retrofit construction which minimizes the need for on-site fabrication and comprises left and right end dam sections that engage a center connecting member of variable length depending upon the width of the door or window opening being treated.

Abstract: A sill support for protecting the sill of a window or door in new or retrofit construction which minimizes the need for on-site fabrication and comprises left and right end dam sections that engage a center connecting member of variable length depending upon the width of the door or window opening being treated.

Abstract: A sliding window structure has a window frame comprising an upper frame member, a lower frame member and bilateral side vertical frame members which are assembled in substantially rectangular shape, and an indoor side sash and an outdoor side sash fitted to the window frame. The lower frame member comprises an indoor side portion to which the indoor side sash is mounted and the outdoor side portion to which the outdoor side sash is mounted and has a step-like configuration in which the indoor side portion has a height higher than a height of the outdoor side portion. An attachment is mounted to the outdoor side portion of the lower frame member so as to cover the outdoor side portion. An upper end of the attachment is substantially at the same height level as an upper end of the indoor side portion of the lower frame member.

Abstract: A modular threshold system that includes multiple components that are joined together to form various threshold configurations. Each component includes an irregularly shaped channel adapted to receive a conforming projection on a second component. The channel and the projections are shaped so as to allow the components to be installed serially, while providing a secure joint between the components.

Abstract: A continuous sidelight threshold and door sill assembly for use with entryways having at least one fixed sidelight panel and a hinged door panel comprises an extruded aluminum frame having an elongated channel and a sloped sill. A vertically adjustable threshold cap is shorter than the channel is configured to fit in and be selectively positioned at a predetermined location along the channel. A separate panel cap is also configured to fit in the channel and be selectively positioned therealong. The assembly is universally adaptable to be used either with left handed, right handed, or double sided sidelight door entryways simply by positioning the threshold cap and the panel cap at respective appropriate locations along the channel. A removable paint shield is provided to protect the threshold and sill assembly from paint and damage during construction of a building in which the assembly is installed.

Abstract: A continuous sidelight threshold and door sill assembly for use with entryways having at least one fixed sidelight panel and a hinged door panel comprises an extruded aluminum frame having an elongated channel and a sloped sill. A vertically adjustable threshold cap is shorter than the channel is configured to fit in and be selectively positioned at a predetermined location along the channel. A separate panel cap is also configured to fit in the channel and be selectively positioned therealong. The assembly is universally adaptable to be used either with left handed, right handed, or double sided sidelight door entryways simply by positioning the threshold cap and the panel cap at respective appropriate locations along the channel. A removable paint shield is provided to protect the threshold cap from paint during construction of a building in which the assembly is installed.

Abstract: A sill plate with a lower channel member with rectangular holes and an upper channel member where a plurality of shims are placed through the lower channel member rectangular holes to adjust the height of the upper channel member with respect to the lower channel member for forming the final height of the sill plate.

Abstract: An extruded aluminum sill member is supported by and attached to a wood base member which also supports a longitudinally extending inner wood trim member. The sill, base and trim members define a longitudinally extending cavity which receives a vertically adjustable rail member. The rail member has longitudinally spaced captive screws which are threaded into inverted T-nuts confined within laterally extending slots formed within the wood base member, and the trim member covers the slots. The sill member also extends under a jamb or mullion and a fixed side panel, and a snap-in extruded plastic cap covers the cavity under the panel and has an upwardly projecting and inwardly curved flange with a flexible lip for engaging the outer surface of the panel to form a water-tight seal.

Abstract: An extruded aluminum sill member is supported by and attached to a wood base member which also supports a longitudinally extending inner wood trim member. The sill, base and trim members define a longitudinally extending cavity which receives a vertically adjustable rail member. The rail member has longitudinally spaced captive screws which are threaded into inverted T-nuts confined within laterally extending slots formed within the wood base member, and the trim member covers the slots. The sill member also extends under a jamb or mullion and a fixed side panel, and a snap-in extruded plastic cap covers the cavity under the panel and has an upwardly projecting and inwardly curved flange with a flexible lip for engaging the outer surface of the panel to form a water-tight seal.

Abstract: A continuous sidelight threshold and door sill assembly for use with entryways having at least one fixed sidelight panel and a hinged door panel comprises an extruded aluminum frame having an elongated channel and a sloped sill. A vertically adjustable threshold cap is shorter than the channel is configured to fit in and be selectively positioned at a predetermined location along the channel. A separate panel cap is also configured to fit in the channel and be selectively positioned therealong. The assembly is universally adaptable to be used either with left handed, right handed, or double sided sidelight door entryways simply by positioning the threshold cap and the panel cap at respective appropriate locations along the channel. Also, the threshold and sidelight caps preferably are formed from extruded plastic material and can be easily cut and fitted to virtually any entryway configuration.

Abstract: A modular pet access door unit for insertion into a hole cut into a door or wall has exterior frames and spacer frames, fastened together by fasteners extending horizontally through brackets in the spacer frames. The spacer frames have tongue and groove surfaces for nesting with each other. Both exterior frames may carry a pet access door. A security cover mounts on posts with annular grooves, and may be moved horizontally into position to cover the pet opening, where sliders in the security cover with keyhole-shaped holes engage the post annular grooves. The pet door is captured in the frame between the frame and a door or flap holder that is secured to the frame by removably fasteners. An automatically adjustable sill is movable by magnetic attraction to the flap bottom, where its postion is secured by fasteners.

Abstract: A self draining door sill assembly for use in the bottom of an exterior door frame of a house or other building is disclosed. The assembly includes an elongated base and a threshold member adjustably attached to the base for cooperating with and engaging a weather strip attached to the underside of a door when the door is closed in the frame to form a primary water seal. The threshold and base define an elongated water chamber therebetween and the threshold defines an upwardly opening storm drain channel formed in and along an upper, interior side surface portion thereof which terminates in a pair of slots located in opposite ends of the threshold, which slots also communicate with the underlying water chamber.

Abstract: A draining threshold and door sill assembly has an elongated frame member forming an upwardly open channel and a sill that slopes away from the channel. A threshold cap is removably captured within the channel and protrudes slightly thereabove. An end cap is securely fastened to an end of the assembly and is formed with a drain trough that extends transversely beneath the end of the assembly. The drain trough has a first portion that at least partially underlies the end of the channel and extends to a mouth at the outside edge of the assembly. Rain water that seeps under the threshold cap and into the channel flows to the end of the channel and into the drain trough of the end cap, which directs the water beyond the outside edge of and away from the assembly. The threshold cap has no openings in the top thereof and is vertically adjustable in the channel by means of a set of threaded pedestals that depend from the bottom of the threshold cap and rest on the floor of the channel.

Abstract: A new door threshold/weatherstripping device is disclosed that uses rollers, installed either in a door to contact a threshold surface, or in the threshold to contact the door. The rollers are supported by bearings that permit the rollers to turn freely as the door is opened or closed. The bearings are mounted in housings that have adjustable, spring loaded pistons. These pistons permit the spacing of rollers with respect to the threshold (or door) to be adjusted to ensure a tight seal. In the embodiment that utilizes a threshold mounted roller, a gripper pad is used to prevent the roller from turning when a person steps on it. This prevent possible slipping injuries. Both embodiments have brushes mounded adjacent to the rollers to clean them of dirt, snow and water.

Abstract: The present invention is addressed to a thermoplastic threshold of unique configuration and which is manufactured by blow molding techniques. The novel thermoplastic threshold is hollow and sealed to the outside. It is of one-piece construction made by blow molding a parison of thermoplastic material. The threshold has a bottom adapted to rest on a lower horizontal jamb and has stiffener ribs disposed at the bottom. A planar tread segment is disposed to the outside. A transverse, U-shaped channel has upstanding vertical walls and is adapted to receive a sill. The bottom of the channel has apertures for receiving threaded elongate members (e.g. screws) for adjusting the height of a sill that can be disposed within the channel. The outside disposed vertical channel wall is joined about its top to an outer, sloping wall or transition wall that meets the tread segment.

Abstract: An elongated extruded door sill member is supported by a wood base and includes a sloping top wall and a rear wall connected by integral channel portions and a thermal barrier. The channel portions and barrier cooperate to define an upwardly facing cavity, and strips of resilient closed cell foam material are mounted within the channel portions. A vertically adjustable rail member extends longitudinally within the cavity and has side flanges projecting downwardly into the foam strips to form fluid-tight continuous seals. Opposite end portions of the rail member carry pads of the resilient foam material between the flanges for engaging the strips, the channel portions and the thermal barrier to form fluid-tight seals at the ends of the rail member.

Abstract: Threshold system for a domestic door of the type comprising a pivotable panel, the threshold system including a stationary sill adn a weather-strip carrier mounted on the lower edge of the pivotable panel. When the pivotable panel is in the closed position, the sill and the weather-strip carrier are generally parallel and slightly spaced from one another along a vertical axis. The space between these elements is closed by two weather-strips mounted to the weather-strip carrier and extending on either side of a water-catch pan formed on the sill element. The water-catch pan collects water droplets passing through the outer weather-strip.

Abstract: A metal door frame for mounting onto an existing wood door frame of a building comprises side and top members that are to be secured onto respective side and top sections of the existing door frame. A threshold member is mounted onto or into the bottoms of the side members of the outer door frame, the threshold member being adjustable relative to the side members enabling the threshold member to engage and extend along the threshold of the existing frame regardless of the position of the existing threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separating device for door cases on floors with different heights, which is used to inject a moisture-proof seal, for example, and which can be anchored in the jointless floor and can be secured to the door cases with a bottom part which has an expansion element. A height-adjustable, connectable top part can be reverse-drawn over the bottom part, the upper surface of the top part being aligned with the upper surface of the higher floor. An adjustable clamping device is used to spread the expansion element of the bottom part relative to the top part, the sealing device being clamped between the bottom part and the top part. The separating device is easy to install and can be flexibly adjusted to various height differences between floors with different heights.

Abstract: A threshold having a vertically adjustable weatherstrip including a unitary base member and a horizontally slidable adjustment means in which the height of the flexible weatherstrip may be controlled to engage the bottom of a door.

Abstract: A wooden door sill has an inclined tread portion rising to a threshold which lies beneath the door when the latter is closed. The threshold has a longitudinal upwardly-open groove containing a strip. In order to provide an adjustable fit of the strip against the under edge of the door, the strip is screwed down against a resilient compressible filler strip in the bottom of the groove.

Abstract: An adjustable threshold and sill assembly to be used at doorway entrances is disclosed. The assembly comprises a sill (preferably formed from an aluminium alloy material), a water resistant, thermally insulating front of the threshold base member which is preferably resilient but sturdy (high impact polyvinyl chloride material being preferred), means for engaging the threshold base member with the back of the sill, and an adjustable threshold member received by a rectangular channel of the base member and adjustably connected therein for upward and downward movement to vary the level of its upper surface above the open top of the channel.

Abstract: An adjustable threshold assembly of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture includes a bar member vertically adjustable in a channelway of a base member. A plurality of threshold height adjusting screws extend vertically downward through openings in a transverse bridge wall of the bar member and between and in self-tapped screw thread-like engagement with a pair of longitudinally extending opposed vertical walls of the bridge wall. The facing vertical sides of the opposed walls are advantageously formed with longitudinally extending extruded serrations of a cross-sectional shape approximately matching the cross-sectional shape of the screw threads of the adjusting screws to facilitate self-tapping of the adjusting screws into the opposed walls of the bar member.

Abstract: An adjustable sill and threshold assembly for a door in which a stationary sill base is provided with a longitudinally upwardly opening groove therein and in which a threshold is received in the groove and adapted for adjustable vertical movement therein, including a plurality of generally vertically extending longitudinally spaced adjusting screws which are rotatably captured in the threshold and extending in depending relation, and which are adjustable through apertures in the threshold, and a plurality of sheet metal channel-shaped screw retainer nuts are received and located in the base corresponding to the spacing of the screws and having an aperture for receiving one of said screws therein so that rotation of the screws causes a raising or lowering movement of the threshold.

Abstract: A threshold having an adjustable elastomeric weather seal comprising a rigid hollow assembly fixedly interposed between a door and the floor, an elastomeric seal received in a recess in the hollow assembly and extending therefrom, and a compression mechanism located inside the hollow assembly for compressing the seal against a wall of the hollow assembly to vary the amount of the seal extending therefrom. The compression mechanism comprises an elongated channel member, a plurality of internally threaded annular members coupled to the channel member and a plurality of threaded rods received in the annular members and extending through apertures in one wall of the hollow assembly.

Abstract: An insulating threshold having an elongated sill with an adjustable elongated flexible arched member in which the height of the arched member may be controlled to engage the bottom of a door.

Abstract: A threshold and door sealing structure combining a rigid threshold member and a relatively flexible sealing member secured to the threshold member along one side edge and extending upwardly and over the threshold member in spaced relation thereto and downwardly over a depending flange at one side of the threshold member with the sealing member secured to the depending flange and vertically adjustable relative to such flange.

Abstract: A sill assembly for covering the bottom frame of a door, a window or the like, of the adjustment-wedge type, wherein a wedge is operated from the interior of the door frame to align the crown of the sill with the bottom wedge of the door. The invention advances the art by providing extrusion molded members whose shape and disposition combines light weight and rigidity of the assembly, by utilizing the entire length of the sill for the wedging action and also by providing the sill crown of the type of an integral molded member including a reinforcing portion of a generally tubular cross-section which also forms one of the two wedging members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable threshold for use in door openings and adjustable to provide a better seal between the threshold and the door comprising first and second partial thresholds, fastening means to secure said first partial threshold to the floor, a flexible partial threshold operably mounted to and disposed between said first and second partial threshold, and a plurality of adjustable fastening means operably mounted on and disposed between said first and second partial thresholds such that such adjustable fastening means cause the first and second partial thresholds to be drawn toward or away from each other and thereby cause the flexible threshold to raise or lower at various points along the length of the threshold.

Abstract: An adjustable threshold assembly includes a base member having a central groove for receiving an inverted U-shaped channel threshold member, which is supported by a plurality of wedge sets spaced at regular intervals and each consisting of a fixed bottom wedge and a top wedge removably fastened to the web of the threshold member by passage of a screw through a slot in the web. Height adjustment is provided by lateral translation of the top wedges in cooperation with the corresponding fixed bottom wedge. The threshold member includes a resilient door engaging cushion strip overlying the web and covering the screws and slots therein.

Abstract: A sliding-door and sliding-screen sill having several elongated rail members for individually supporting a sliding-door and a sliding-screen. Each such rail member is extruded of aluminum and is formed with at least one elongated break-notch whereby an installer can remove substantially any desired width of the base of either or both rail members to enable them to be placed in juxtaposition and yet cause the rails to be spaced the desired distance as defined by thee relationship between the exisiting sliding-door and sliding-screen. An L-shaped foundation member and a spacer are employed, the rail members being secured to one side of the foundation member.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement for adjustable thresholds. The invention includes a threshold base having a channel extending through the length of the base. Sitting in the channel of the base is an elongated bar having an inverted U-shape cross-section. Throughout the length of the bar are several holes extending through the base of the U-shaped section. Several of these holes are threaded and a bolt is screwed into the threaded hole with the head of the bolt sitting on the bottom of the channel in the base. Screwing the bolt into and out of the threaded hole in the bar will raise and lower the bar, and once the height of the bar has been adjusted, it is fixed in the base of the threshold by a screw extending through holes in the bottom of the inverted U-shaped bar and screwed into threaded holes in the bottom of the channel of the base.

Abstract: A channel member having its flanges extending at an acute angle to the web and having inturned margins on the free edges of the flanges is imbedded in plastic concrete in approximately the position of a threshold plate or other structure to be mounted, the set concrete retaining the mounting channel in fixed position by the dovetailed relation of the flanges in the concrete with the open top of the mounting channel substantially flush with the concrete to also serve as a screed guide for the plastic concrete; a plurality of spanner bars of channel shape and of a length greater than the spacing of the flanges of the mounting channel are provided with slots which extend the full distance between the free edges of the inturned margins with a square lock nut such as the type having a nylon strip in a keyway is slidably positioned in each spanner bar channel and a flat head or oval head mounting screw for the threshold extends through corresponding countersunk apertures in the threshold and threaded into the squar

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable threshold for use in door openings and adjustable to provide a better seal between the threshold and the door comprising first and second partial thresholds, fastening means to secure said first partial threshold to the floor, a flexible partial threshold operably mounted to and disposed between said first and second partial threshold, and a plurality of adjustable fastening means operably mounted on and disposed between said first and second partial thresholds such that such adjustable fastening means cause the first and second partial thresholds to be drawn toward or away from each other and thereby cause the flexible threshold to raise or lower at various points along the length of the threshold.

Abstract: A vertically adjustable threshold member or bar is shipped in a down position and is adjusted upwardly at installation by attached shouldered leveling screws engaging within flared T-nuts of base or sub-structue. A compressible seal is interposed between the outer longitudinal edge of the adjustable threshold member and an extruded metal sill. The outer longitudinal edge of the threshold member is beveled slightly for increasing pressure on seal as threshold member is raised.

Abstract: An adjustable wall penetration framing member which is adjustable at any point by raising or lowering an adjustment screw and which prevents the infiltration of water and air into the interior of a building through the adjustable member.