Wood and vinyl hybrid residential door frame

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is directed generally to door frame assemblies, attachments, and components thereof which are particularly well suited for use in residential entranceways of various types.
The door frame assemblies provide numerous advantages over door frames of the prior art including a desirable combination of strength and weather resistance, as well as cost effectiveness in manufacture and installation.
More particularly, the present invention is directed to a door frame assembly for framing a doorway, as follows.
The door frame assembly includes a support panel having an interior end and an exterior end, and opposed inner and outer faces extending between the interior and exterior ends.
A polymeric base strip is mounted on and substantially covers the exterior end of the support panel.
A nailing fin extends outwardly from the base strip.
A polymeric stop strip is mounted adjacent the inner face and has first and second ends.
The first end is interfitted with the base strip.
A stop face is formed on the second end.
The aforedescribed door frame assembly may be modified in various ways in accordance with the present invention.
A portion of the inner face of the support panel adjacent the interior end is preferably exposed for mounting a hinge member directly thereto.
The base strip may include a pair of spaced apart opposed side fins defining a U-shaped channel, each of the side fins being secured to and disposed adjacent a respective one of the inner and outer faces of the support panel.
The base strip may include a decorative body portion extending outwardly from the exterior end of the support panel.
Moreover, the base strip may include a connector tube formed therein for receiving a key whereby the door frame assembly may be joined to another door frame assembly to form a door frame system.
Preferably, the base strip includes a J-shaped channel extending therefrom.
The first end of the stop strip is interlocked with the J-shaped channel.
The stop strip may include a weatherstrip channel formed in the second end adjacent the stop face