A door includes a rectangular panel having a first face, a second face, and two pairs of opposing edges, in which the edges of each pair of edges are parallel and in which a first pair of edges is longer than a second pair of edges. The rectangular panel includes a layered composite material, in which a first layer of the composite material has a positive Poisson's ratio (PPR) and a second layer of the composite material is disposed in contact with the first layer and that includes a material having a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR). The door includes a hinge including plates joined together by a joint, in which a first one of the plates is attached to a first one of the edges of the first pair of edges and in which a second one of the plates extends beyond the first one of the edges. The door also includes a handle opening defined through a thickness of the rectangular panel.

Molded articles are provided. An exemplary molded article includes an inner panel portion, a main body portion, and a contoured portion extending between and interconnecting the inner panel portion and the main body portion so as to surround the inner panel portion and be surrounded by the main body portion. The contoured portion includes an outer angular region extending from the main body portion, an inner angular region extending from the inner panel portion, and a vertex region interconnecting the outer angular region and the inner angular region. The outer angular region includes contoured corner segments and contoured intermediate segments extending lengthwise between respective pairs of the contoured corner segments. The contoured intermediate segments have a first maximum thickness. The contoured corner segments have a second maximum thickness. The first maximum thickness is greater than the second maximum thickness. Related methods, assemblies, and apparatus are also provided.

Doors having stile and rail frames and center elements secured to the stile and rail frames and the center elements have margins inwardly where the center elements and the door frames overlap and openings extend through the margins outwardly from openings in skins, and inside and outside skins are secured to the stile and rail frames. The inside and outside skins have openings adjacent to and laterally or inwardly spaced apart from the openings through the margins whereby air flows through the openings in the inside skin, through the openings in the margins, and through the openings in the outside skin in a non-linear manner to prevent pressure build up in rooms to comply with the Department of Energy maximum recommended room pressure of three pascals or less.

An avionics power management panel and door assembly where the panel includes a cabinet including a set of walls at least partially defining an interior with an open face and door assembly includes a frame and central section, hingedly mounted to the cabinet and moveable between an opened position, where the interior is accessible, and a closed position where the door closes the open face wherein the frame includes a common extrusion profile.

The invention relates to a vehicle door, in particular a sliding vehicle door, comprising an inner plastic moulded part, in particular reinforced, and oriented towards the vehicle interior and an outer plastic moulded part, in particular reinforced, oriented away from the vehicle interior. The inner plastic moulded part and the outer plastic moulded part are interconnected for forming the vehicle door.

A door includes a door frame, first and second door skins having rectangular outer peripheries and inner openings, and a frameless glazed unit received at the openings. The door skins include exterior surfaces facing away from the door frame and opposite interior surfaces facing and secured to opposite sides of the door frame. The exterior and interior surfaces of the first and second door skins establish integral lips and grooves of the first and second door skins. Opposite sides of the frameless glazed unit directly contact and are sealed by the integral lips and sealant and/or adhesive contained in the grooves of the first and second door skins.

The present invention is directed to a door skin having an exterior surface with an woodgrain pattern formed therein, and an etched plate for use as an embossing plate or with a molded die set, for forming the woodgrain pattern in the door skin. The exterior surface has outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and halftone portions. The halftone portions have spaced protrusions defined by channels, wherein the channels are recessed from the plane of the outer portions.

An assembly for securely enclosing an opening defined by a building structure comprising a frame sized to be disposed to substantially surround the opening and engage the structure and a panel pivotally securable to the frame and sized to substantially cover the opening, the panel having a front and a back. Locking means for selectively locking the panel to the frame in a closed position and unlocking the panel so that it can be pivoted to an open position, the locking means comprising selectively an internal locking means manually operable only from the inside of the building and an external locking means manually operable from the outside of the building.

A modified combination door and frame. The modified combination door includes a door that is hingedly attached to and interlocks with a frame. The frame contains a plurality of cutouts and the door includes a plurality of protrusions, wherein the protrusions and cutouts can align with one another, allowing the frame to rest flush with the door. A locking mechanism containing a lever secures the frame to the door when disposed flush together. When the locking mechanism is unsecured, the frame can move independently from the door. In some embodiments, the frame includes a coating to create an appearance that is consistent with the look of the door. The frame is composed of any suitable material that secures the entryway of a building from unauthorized intrusion.

A closure member of a preferred configuration and the method of making the same. The closure member has a board with a major axis and two panels to sandwich a hollow interior that is partitioned by a plurality of ribs positioned at intervals within the hollow interior, the hollow interior is delimited in a first direction by a pair of opposite end walls. The hollow interior is accessible in a second direction which is substantially traverse to the first direction, and at least one of the two panels is textured during the formation of the board to form a textured outer surface of the closure member, or the hollow interior is filled with a preferred reinforcement means.