Jamb Installation Bracket with Receiving Slot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for installing door and window jambs in building walls require significant labor, time, and materials due to the use of wood shims, and there is a need for simpler, less expensive mounting systems with fewer fasteners and pre-installed components to streamline the installation process.
Innovation Solution
A jamb mounting assembly featuring bracket receiving slots on the jamb's outwardly facing surfaces and right-angled brackets with one leg inserted into the slots and the other leg attached to the building panel structure, allowing for simplified installation with reduced fasteners and pre-defined slots for easier alignment and attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional wood shims are used for jamb installation, then the jamb can be properly positioned and plumb, but the installation requires considerable time, skill, effort, and multiple fasteners
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is pre-formed with a receiving slot and attachment aperture, allowing the jamb to be positioned and secured in a single operation without requiring preliminary trimming and positioning of multiple shims. The pre-configured bracket geometry ensures proper alignment and plumb positioning of the jamb.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: the bracket (with receiving slot and aperture) and the jamb (with mounting surface). This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the installation process by eliminating the need for complex shim assembly.
2Strength
If wood shims are used for jamb installation, then the jamb can be secured to the building panel structure, but multiple fasteners are required and the process is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The complex multi-step shim insertion and fastening process is replaced by extracting the essential functions into a single bracket component. The bracket integrates the positioning function (receiving slot) and the fastening function (attachment aperture) into one element, eliminating the need for multiple shims and fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket's receiving slot is designed to self-align with the jamb's mounting surface, and the attachment aperture automatically positions itself for fastener insertion. This self-aligning feature eliminates the need for skilled manual positioning and reduces installation complexity.
3Productivity
If simplified shimless mounting systems are used, then installation time is reduced, but the number of fasteners and bracket complexity may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The single bracket component performs multiple functions: it provides a receiving slot for jamb insertion, defines the mounting position, provides an attachment aperture for fastening, and ensures proper alignment. This multi-functionality reduces the number of components needed while maintaining installation speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of multiple shims and fasteners are merged into a single bracket structure. The receiving slot and attachment aperture are combined in one component, eliminating the need for separate positioning and fastening elements, thereby simplifying the overall system while maintaining productivity.
4Ease of operation
If bracket receiving slots are pre-defined on the jamb, then installation is simplified and alignment is easier, but additional manufacturing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket receiving slot and attachment aperture are pre-formed on the bracket during bracket manufacturing, rather than requiring post-installation modification of the jamb. This preliminary action simplifies jamb manufacturing while maintaining installation ease.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of modifying the jamb to receive the bracket, the bracket is designed with pre-formed receiving features that mate with the jamb's existing mounting surface. This inversion of the modification approach simplifies jamb manufacturing while achieving the same installation ease.
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AI summary
A building fenestration that reduces the amount of time, effort and expense associated with installing a jamb in a rough opening of a building panel structure includes a jamb positioned plumb in the opening, the jamb having outwardly facing planar surfaces, at least one bracket receiving slot on at least one of the outwardly facing planar surfaces of the jamb, and a bracket having first and second legs at right angles to each other, the first leg of the bracket received in the bracket receiving slot and the second leg of the bracket fastened to the building panel structure, wherein the bracket receiving slot is defined between one of the outwardly facing planar surfaces of the jamb and a substantially flat plate.