Hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions

Abstract

A hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions for supporting articles between a door and a door jamb in a door construction that has upper and lower hinges; including a first U shaped bracket mounted above one of the hinges to prevent downward movement of the hinge mounted assembly, and a second U shaped bracket mounted below one of the hinges to prevent upward movement of the hinge mounted assembly, and a vertically running support rod connected to the two brackets, such that it abuts closely against the protruding portion of both hinges on the back side of the door, to prevent lateral movement of the hinge mounted assembly.

Claims

1. A door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions, comprising: a generally planar door having a front side and a back side including an upper hinge assembly and a lower hinge assembly each having a top edge and a bottom edge, a hinge mounted assembly including a first bracket adjacent one of the upper hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly and engaging one of the top edges of one of the upper hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly to prevent downward movement of the hinge mounted assembly relative to the door, a second bracket adjacent to and engaging the other of the hinge assemblies, and a support rod between the first and the second bracket, said first and second brackets being separate from the upper and lower hinge assemblies.

2. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the second bracket is mounted below the other of the hinge assemblies.

3. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the first bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connecting portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

4. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the second bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connection connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

5. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein a strut extends between the upper bracket and the lower bracket and includes thumb screw nut connectors to both the upper bracket and the lower bracket, engaging said protruding portion of the hinge assemblies to prevent lateral movement of the hinge mount assembly.

6. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the first bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a bight portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door, and wherein the second bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connecting portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

7. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the second bracket is mounted below one of the lower hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly and engaging a surface of one of the lower hinge assembly and the upper hinge assembly to prevent upward movement of the hinge mount assembly wherein the first bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a bight portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door, wherein the second bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connecting portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

8. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 1, wherein the support rod between the upper bracket and the lower bracket includes thumb screw nut connectors on the upper bracket and the lower bracket.

9. A door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions, comprising: a generally planar door including an upper hinge assembly and a lower hinge assembly each having a top edge and a bottom edge, a hinge mounted assembly including a first bracket adjacent one of the upper hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly, a second bracket mounted below one of the upper hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly and engaging one of the bottom edges of one of the upper hinge assembly and the lower hinge assembly to prevent upward movement of the hinge mounted assembly, and a support rod between the first bracket and the second bracket, said first and second brackets being separate from the upper and lower hinge assemblies.

10. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 9, wherein the second bracket is mounted below the lower hinge assembly and the first bracket engaging a surface of the upper hinge assembly to prevent downward movement of the hinge mounted assembly.

11. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 9, wherein the first bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connecting portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

12. The door hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions as defined in claim 9, wherein the second bracket is U shaped having a first leg on one side of the door, a second leg on another side of the door and a connecting portion connecting the legs and engaging an edge of the door.

13. A method of mounting a door hinge mounted assembly on a door construction having an upper hinge and a lower hinge each having a top edge and a bottom edge, and each connected to the door, wherein the door hinge mounted assembly includes an upper bracket, a lower bracket, and a support member between the upper bracket and the lower bracket, including the steps of mounting the upper bracket above the upper hinge and engaging a transverse surface of the upper bracket to one of said upper edge and lower edge of the upper hinge to prevent downward movement of the hinge mounted assembly, and mounting the lower bracket to the door.

14. The method of mounting a door hinge mounted assembly on a door construction as defined in claim 13, including wherein the step of mounting the lower bracket to the door includes mounting the lower bracket below the lower hinge and engaging the lower hinge to prevent upward movement of the hinge mount assembly.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open door with one form of the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions according to the present invention;

(2) FIG. 2 is a door construction assembly with the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions mounted in position and viewed from the outside of the door with the door closed;

(3) FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions with the door open and viewed from the inside of the door constructions with the vertically running support rod attached;

(4) FIG. 4 is an exploded sub-assembly of the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions with the upper and lower brackets exploded away;

(5) FIG. 5 is a fragmentary section of the upper hinge assembly and the upper bracket of the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions shown mounted in position with the door of the door construction open;

(6) FIG. 6 is a horizontal cross section looking downwardly above the upper hinge in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 5, with the door closed according to the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions;

(7) FIG. 7 is a horizontal cross-section similar to FIG. 6 with the door open according to the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions;

(8) FIGS. 8 and 9 are front and rear views of a door construction with the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions mounted underneath the upper hinge and on top of the lower hinge according to another embodiment of the present invention;

(9) FIG. 10 is an inside view of a door construction without the door jamb safety panel in position, of the door construction according to the hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions;

(10) FIG. 11 is a similar view to FIG. 10 with a door jamb safety panel suspended from the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions in its illustrated position;

(11) FIG. 12 is a view similar to FIG. 11 with the door of the door construction open according the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions;

(12) FIG. 13 is an outside view of an open door construction with the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions illustrated in position;

(13) FIG. 14 is a view similar to FIG. 13, from the outside of the door, with the door open, and showing an exemplary door jamb safety panel in position according to the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions, and;

(14) FIG. 15 is a view similar to FIG. 14 with the door of the door construction partly open according to the present hinge mounted assembly for existing door constructions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(15) Referring to the drawings and particularly FIGS. 1 to 7, a hinge mount assembly for existing door constructions according to the present invention, is illustrated by the reference numeral 10 and is seen to include a conventional door construction 12 and an hinge mounted assembly 14 according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 mounted on the door construction 12.

(16) The door construction 12 is seen to include a vertical jamb frame 15, a rectangular pivotal door 18, and an upper hinge assembly 20 and a lower hinge assembly 21.

(17) As seen in FIG. 5 more clearly, each of the hinge assemblies 20 and 21 is identical and includes a rectangular jamb plate 24 mounted by three screws 25 to jamb frame portion 26, a door mounted rectangular plate 28 mounted to door edge surface 30 by three screws 31, and a pin hinge assembly 36.

(18) The hinge mount assembly 14 includes an upper U-shaped bracket 38 mounted to the door 18 and a lower U-shaped bracket 40 also mounted to the door 18.

(19) As seen in FIG. 4, the upper bracket 38 and the lower bracket 40 are identical and each includes flat leg portions 44 and 45 connected by a flat U-shaped portion 46. Threaded studs 50 and 51 are welded to legs 44 and 45 and receive thumb screw nuts 48 and 49 designed so that the brackets 38 and 40 may be attached to the door 18 without the use of any screwdrivers, wrenches or other tools.

(20) The upper and lower brackets 38 and 40 can be extruded and severed after extrusion to reduce the cost thereof.

(21) The legs 44 and 45 are spaced apart to fit standard size doors.

(22) Indoor doors are generally slightly narrower than exterior commercial doors, so that the brackets 38 and 40 may be commercially packaged into two sizes to accommodate those two different standard doors.

(23) As seen in FIG. 4, the upper and lower brackets 38 and 40 are spaced apart and connected together by apertured strip struts 54 and 55 that are fastened to the upper and lower brackets by the thumb screws 50 and 51. These struts 54 and 55 serve to unitize the hinge mount assembly 14 together as a unit and also serve so that the hinge mount assembly 14 can be force transferred between upper bracket 38 and lower bracket 40 in either direction. The apertures in the struts 54 and 55 can receive a variety of hangers and connectors.

(24) Note that the upper bracket in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 engages upper surface of hinge plate 28 of hinge 20, without being fixedly connected to the hinge 20 and therefore resist downward movement of bracket 38, as well as the entire hinge mount assembly 14. In this manner the hinge mount assembly 14 and any object connected to the hinge mount assembly 14 is supported vertically on the hinge mount assembly 14 and indirectly by the door construction 12.

(25) In this regard note in FIG. 5 that bight portion 46 of upper hinge 20 engages upper edge 56 of hinge plate 20, without being attached to the hinge.

(26) As seen in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14 and 15, lower bracket 40 is mounted below the lower hinge 21 and engages lower surface 58 of lower hinge 21 to resist upward movement of the entire hinge mount assembly 14, and thus prevent the hinge mount assembly 14 from sliding upwardly, or anything supported in the hinge mount assembly 14 from sliding upwardly.

(27) As seen in FIGS. 8 and 9, upper hinge bracket 38 may be mounted below upper hinge 20 instead of above it, and lower hinge bracket 40 is mounted in the variation above the lower hinge 21, so the direction of the upper and lower brackets is reverse.

(28) As seen in FIGS. 3, 6, 7, 9 and 13, a support rod connected to the two u-brackets abuts closely against the protruding portion of the hinges on the back side of the door, thus preventing the hinge mount assembly from sliding laterally off of the edge of the door.

(29) In FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, a jamb protector assembly 90 is shown mounted on a hinge mounted assembly 14 according to the present invention on the outside of door panel 18, on the front side of the door.

(30) In FIGS. 13, 14 and 15, a jamb protector assembly 92 is shown mounted on a hinge mounted assembly 14 according to the present invention on the outside of door panel 18, on the back side of the door.