Jamb installation device and method

摘要

Provided herein are devices for installing jamb assemblies and like structures within a rough opening. In certain embodiments, the installation device comprises a guide portion attached to a jamb assembly and a spacer portion operatively connected to the guide portion and configured to selectively move relative to the guide portion to provide adjustment of the jamb assembly relative to the rough opening.

主权项

1. A device for aligning and securing a jamb assembly within a rough opening, the device comprising:
a jamb bracket attached to the jamb assembly, the jamb bracket directly comprising a mating element, a jamb contact member, a spacer, and a threaded guide adapted to receive the spacer therethrough, wherein the spacer comprises an open ended hollow cylinder with a threaded outer diameter; and a frame bracket attached to the rough opening, the frame bracket directly comprising a base member, a threaded member, at least one threaded member retainer extending from the base member, a traversing member having a threaded inner surface that threadably engages a threaded outer surface of the threaded member, and a mating tab that mates with the mating element of the jamb bracket; and wherein the threaded member is configured to rotate about a traversing member path, and wherein, rotating the threaded member moves the traversing member along the traversing member path and moves the jamb assembly relative to the rough opening.