Claims
- 1. A door for a barn or similar structure comprising a horizontal top rail and a horizontal bottom rail, at least two separable panel parts positioned side by side and fitting between said top and bottom rails, each panel part including spaced vertical channel-shaped frame supports, one frame support of each panel part having a groove section, the other frame support of each panel part having a protruding tongue section, the frame support tongue section of one panel part fitting lockingly into the frame support groove section of another panel part with said panel parts lying in substantially the same plane, said top rail overlying said joined panel parts and being secured thereto, and means for mounting said locked panel parts to said barn or similar structure for shiftable opening and closing movement.
- 2. The door of claim 1 wherein each rail is of a channel-shaped form having spaced legs interconnected by a web, said joined panel parts each having upper and lower marginal portions, the upper marginal portion of each panel part fitting between said top rail legs, the lower marginal portion of each panel part fitting between said lower rail legs and fastener means connecting said rails to said panel parts.
- 3. The door of claim 2 wherein said one frame support of each panel part is channel-shaped having spaced legs connected by a groove defining web, said other frame support of each panel part being channel-shaped and having spaced legs connected by an elongated tongue defining web means for receiving said groove defining web of an adjacent panel part, the tongue defining web means of a said panel part fitting into the groove defining web of an adjacent said panel part.
- 4. The door of claim 3 wherein each panel part includes at least two girts extending from one frame support to the other frame support of the panel part, one girt constituting a component of said upper marginal portion of the panel part, another girt constituting a component of said lower marginal portion of the panel part, siding applied over said girts and extending from the upper to the lower marginal portion and from one to the other frame support of each panel part at one side of the panel part.
- 5. The door of claim 4 wherein each girt includes opposite end portions each fitting between legs of a said frame support.
- 6. The door of claim 2 wherein said fastener means connects each rail to each panel part.
- 7. The door of claim 3 and including a door panel carried by one of said panel parts between the frame supports thereof, hinge means connecting said door panel to one of said frame supports for opening and closing pivotal movement relative to said one panel part.
- 8. The door of claim 7 wherein said one panel part includes three girts extending from said one frame support to the other frame support of the panel part, a first of said girts constituting a component of said upper marginal portion of the panel part, a second of said girts constituting a component of said lower marginal portion of the panel part, the third of said girts located spacedly between said first and second girts, said door panel located between said second and third girts with the second girt constituting the header for the door panel and the third girt constituting the threshold for the door panel.
- 9. The door of claim 8 and siding applied over said first and third girts and extending from the upper to the lower marginal portion and from said one to said other frame support of said one panel part.
- 10. The door of claim 8 wherein said door panel includes spaced vertical channel sections, girt parts extending from one channel section to the other channel section, one girt part constituting the upper marginal portion and another girt part constituting the lower marginal portion of the door panel, siding applied over said girt parts and extending from the upper to the lower marginal portions of the door panel.
- 11. The door of claim 10 and a jamb member fitted into each frame support of said one panel part between said legs thereof, each jamb member extending from said second girt to said third girt, said door panel extending between said jamb members.
- 12. The door of claim 11 wherein said hinge means is connected between one of the jamb members and a channel section of the door panel.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 769,264, filed Feb. 16, 1977 now abandoned.
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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