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Patent Application
App. No. 15/794,404

DOOR AND DOOR SKIN

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Patent No.
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App. No.
15/794,404
Abstract

A door skin is provided that includes at least one inner panel, an outer body portion surrounding the at least one inner panel, and at least one contoured portion surrounding the at least one panel and interconnecting the at least one panel to the outer body portion. The at least one contoured portion is recessed from the at least one panel and the outer body portion and includes a center base portion that interconnects with the outer body portion via a first sloping portion and with the panel via a second sloping portion. The first sloping portion and second sloping portions are preferably symmetrical and each of which include two bumps meeting at a vertex. The first bump is continuous with the center base portion and the second bump is continuous with either the outer body portion or the panel.

Claims (7)

1 . A door skin comprising:

at least one inner panel;

an outer body portion surrounding the at least one inner panel; and

at least one contoured portion surrounding the at least one panel and interconnecting the at least one panel to the outer body portion, the at least one contoured portion is recessed from the at least one panel and the outer body portion and includes a center base portion having an outer side and an inner side,

wherein the outer side interconnecting with the outer body portion via a first sloping portion, the first sloping portion includes a first bump and a second bump meeting at a vertex, the first bump is continuous with the center base portion and the second bump is continuous with the outer body portion,

the inner side interconnecting with the at least one inner panel via a second sloping portion, the second sloping portion includes a third bump and a fourth bump meeting at a vertex, the third bump is continuous with the center base portion and the fourth bump is continuous with the at least one inner panel, wherein the first and second sloping portions are symmetrical with each other.

2 . A door comprising a door frame and at least one door skin of claim 1 secured to the door frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2018
From: DI IULIO, DALE; EGE, PATRICK
To: MASONITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044585/0566 →