US3235320A - Cabinet door construction - Google Patents

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Feb. 15, 1966 5. F. ADAMS ETAL CABINET DOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed July 25, 1962 44-A FIG. 3

INVENTORS GE F. A E

GEOR DAMS & BYGERALDIN G. ADAMS ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent azaleas CAETNET DOOR CGNSTRUCTEUN George F. Adams and Geraldine G. Adams, both of 2111 E. 26th St., Tulsa, Okla. Filed July 25, 1962, Ser. No. 212,269 1 Claim. (U. 312-329) This invention relates to a cabinet construction. More specifically, this invention relates to a lipped molding that can be attached to the front peripheral edges of cabinet doors or drawers to hide the frontal edges and the space between the door or drawer edges and the cabinet frame.

It has been the custom of the cabinet-making art to provide a lip on the peripheral edges of the front face of each cabinet door by cutting a continuous substantially square sectioned segment from the back circumference of the door. This lip serves both as a stop member for the door and to hide the space or crack between the door frame and the door.

The cutting of this segment from the back circumference of the door requires the use of special carpentry tools and has proven to be a time-consuming job. Also, it is not uncommon for a door to be ruined during the cutting of this section by splintering of the front face or edges of the door. Typically, cabinet work is made of plywood. Cabinet doors and drawers constructed in the manner heretofore expose the plywood edge and thus do not present a neat appearance or design and are usually painted or covered in some manner.

Further, cabinet drawer facer members have eben similarly constructed with the further requirement of interlocking connection of the drawer sides and bottom with the facer. Typically, expensive dove-tail groove type connections have been used.

Therefore it is an object of this invention to provide a means for producing a lipped cabinet door that is relatively free of the disadvantages of the prior cabinet making art.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a precut lipped molding for attachment to the front peripheral areas of a cabinet door thereby having the effect of producing a circumferential lip on the frontal side of the door without further operation to the door.

Yet another object of this invention is to provdie a lipped molding fr attachment t the frontal peripheral areas of cabinet doors and drawers which have been cut to fit their respective openings in the cabinet frame, which molding when so attached to the front circumference of the door and drawer has the effect of producing a front peripheral lip on such door and drawer to serve as stop members and to conceal the space between the peripheral edges and the adjacent stiles of the cabinet frame.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following description and appended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views.

FIGURE 1 is a horizontal cross-sectional view through a conventional lipped cabinet door and a portion of the cabinet door frame.

FIGURE 2 is a horizontal cross-sectional view through a non-lipped cabinet door that has been provided with a lipped molding of this invention and a portion of the cabinet door frame.

FIGURE 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional View through a cabinet drawer that has been provided with a lipped molding of this invention and a portion of the cabinet drawer frame.

FIGURE 4 is a partial front elevational view of a cabiattached the lip molding of this invention.

net door provided with the lipped molding of this invention.

Referring now to FIGURE 1 there is shown in crosssection a conventional lipped cabinet door 10 set in a cabinet door frame 12. The common method of making such a door includes first cutting the door from a large piece of plywood or other stock material slightly larger than the door opening. A substantially right angle shaped groove or rabbet 14 is then cut or milled around the back periphery edge of the door.

Door 12 is attached along one edge to the cabinet frame 10 by means of at least one conventional offset hinge 24- using screws 26 into the door and 28 into the frame. Lip portion 20 serves the dual purpose of functioning as a stop member for the door 12 and to hide the space between the edges of the door and the cabinet frame It) when the door is closed.

The cutting of the groove 14 as above described requires the use of a special tool. Also, it is not uncommon for the cabinet door to splinter during this cutting operation requiring that the door be discarded. These and certain other difficulties are alleviated through the use of the lipped molding of this invention.

For a specific description of this invention reference is now made to FIGURE 2 in which is shown a horizontal cross-sectional view of a cabinet door to which has been As seen in that figure, a parallelpiped door 36 is cut to fit into the opening in the cabinet frame 32. The opening for the door is usually rectangular and hence the door is of the same shape, but slightly less in dimension, forming a space 31 between the peripheral edges 33 of door and the frame 32. The door is defined herein as having a frontal panel 34 and a back panel 35 joined by the peripheral edges 33 which not only includes the side edges but top and bottom edges.

The door is swingably attached to open and close the opening using at least one hinge along one side, top or bottom edge 33:. The hinge typically used with this invention includes a conventional offset type as shown with a portion 38 attached to the door by fastener 39, and a portion 4% attached to frame 32 by fastener 41. The two portions pivot about hinge 42. Typically, when the door 39 is in the closed position in the frame opening, the front panel of the door extends outwardly beyond the front of the frame.

The lipped molding 44- of this invention is attached to the front peripheral edge of door 30 by any conventional means, not shown, such as glue, wood screws, nails, or the like. This molding is milled to a substantially L-shape. Typically, the molding includes a short leg 46 which extends outwardly and rearwardly of the door edges 33. whereas a longer leg 48 (although not limited to a longer leg) extends substantially parallel to the front panel 34 of door 30. The exposed surfaces of molding 44 are provided with various ornamentation in the milling operation. Accordingly, the molding serves as a stop member for the door 30, conceals the unsightly edges of the door and the gap between the edegs and the door when the door is closed. This molding also partially conceals the door hinge portion 33.

The lipped molding of this invention can also be used in conjunction with a cabinet drawer as shown in FIG- URE 3. The cabinet drawer of FIGURE 3 consists of a front facer board 52, side boards 54 and bottom 56 sized to fit the drawer opening and is slidably inserted into the space between stiles 50 of the cabinet frame. In the construction according to this invention well known lap or butt-joint connections can be used. Molding 44-A is attached to the front edges of the side boards 54 and the front edge of bottom 56 and the top edge of the front facer board 52 in a manner similar to that described above for attaching molding 44 to cabinet door 30. The short leg of the substantially L-shaped molding 44-A serves as a stop member to prevent the drawer from being pushed too far into the cabinet opening, conceals the exposed top peripheral edges of facer board 52 and the space 58 between the drawer sides 54 and stiles 50. The long leg conceals the front edge of sideboards 54 and bottom 56 and their joint with the front facer in addition to the decorative effect. The L-shaped molding further adds rigidly to the drawer without expensive dove-tail or other pre-milled joining methods.

The use of this lipped molding not only accomplishes the above described advantages but also gives the cabinet doors and drawers an outward paneled appearance as is evident in FIGURE 4. Also, this relatively inexpensive molding is easily and quickly attached to cabinet doors and drawers by applying ordinary carpentry techniques.

The invention has been described by reference to specific and preferred embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, this invention should be construed not to be limited to the embodiment herein described but should be limited only by the scope of the appended claim.

We claim:

A door for a cabinet frame rectangular opening comprising the combination of:

a unitary rectangular wood panel of size dimensionally slightly less than the size of said opening;

a constant cross-section L-shaped molding attached to the peripheral frontal edge portion of said panel, said molding having two legs adjoined to form inner right angle corner edges, said molding having outer decorative configuration;

one of said inner corner edges along one leg enveloping against a partial thickness of said panel and forming a rear edge abutment against said cabinet frame and the other of said inner corner edges along the other leg enveloping against the frontal edge portion of said panel;

at least two hinges along one edge of said door such that the pivotal portion of each of said hinges extends and is affixed against said rear edge of said one leg, thence around the rearward corner formed by the intersection of the remaining thickness of said panel and the rear edge portion of said panel so as to substantially hide said pivotal portion; and

means to aifix the other part of said hinge to said cabinet frame to permit said door to swingably open and close said opening.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 510,744 12/1893 Warren 312-119 1,629,408 5/1927 Peacock 312138 X 1,970,267 8/1934 Bales 312-329 2,398,528 4/1946 Hamilton 312-330 2,562,290 7/1951 Backus 312330 2,762,676 9/1956 Morton 312329 3,109,685 11/1963 Skorupa 312204 FOREIGN PATENTS 546,912 4/1956 Belgium.

442,085 1/ 1936 Great Britain.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

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