Sliding door
Filing Information
- Patent Number: US4815246
- Application Number: US7203557
- Filing date: 06/01/1988
- Issue date: 03/28/1989
- Predicted expiration date: 05/08/2007
View assignee updates
analyzing 100 million+ documents to uncover your network...- U.S. Classifications: /522.07 · /527.75 ·
- International Classifications: L05D 1302 ·
- International Classifications: 52207;775;773 ·
- Related U.S. Application Data:
This application is continuation of application Ser. No. 047,270, filed May 8, 1987, now abandoned. - Foreign Priority: CA517039 - 08/28/1986 ·
- View document at: (opens new window):
USPTO · PAIR · esp@cenet · Patent Family* Related patent documents may or may not exist on these sites
Abstract
A sliding door having sliding and fixed door panels with extruded top, bottom and side sections all of an identical first extrusion, and joined at corners to form a rectangular frame, the first extrusion having an interior rectangular closed box portion with side walls and end walls, inner and outer facing walls located in spaced parallel relation from the side walls of the box portion, junction walls extending between the side walls of the box portion, and the inner and outer facing walls, and glass retaining formations connected with the inner and outer facing walls, and having door jambs and an upper cross member formed of an identical second extrusion which defines a receiving channel for the sliding door panel, and having a lower threshold defining a top wall and rail registering with the receiving channel.References Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
| Document Number | Assignees | Inventors | Issue/Pub Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| US2067118 | LUZERNE RUBBER COMPANY | Guse | Jan 1937 |
| US2847726 | FRICK CHESTER A | Frick | Aug 1958 |
| US3383801 | P H PLASTICS | Pallaire | May 1968 |
| US3859754 | DYNAMIT NOBEL AG | Budich et al. | Jan 1975 |
| US4040219 | Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft | Budich | Aug 1977 |
| US4073097 | Wasco Products, Inc. | Jentoft et al. | Feb 1978 |
| US4123883 | Sunworks, Inc. | Barber, Jr. et al. | Nov 1978 |
| US4319430 | Preciform Inc. | Menard | Mar 1982 |
| US4388784 | Wasco Products, Inc. | Jentoft et al. | Jun 1983 |
| US4398373 | Fiberlux Products, Inc. | Mancuso | Aug 1983 |
| US4409767 | Wasco Products, Inc. | Jentoft et al. | Oct 1983 |
| US4420907 | Windows, Inc. | Swan | Dec 1983 |
| US4449340 | Wasco Products, Inc. | Jentoft et al. | May 1982 |
| US4473799 | Compagnie Industrielle Radioelectrique | Bruhm | Oct 1984 |
| US4524112 | WILLERT OTTO | Willert | Jun 1985 |
| US4554770 | National Gypsum Company | Anders | Nov 1985 |
| US4580366 | L. B. Plastics Limited | Hardy | Apr 1986 |
| US4640061 | General Aluminum Products, Inc. | Trumley | Feb 1987 |
| US4674246 | Donat Flamand Inc. | Giguere | Jun 1987 |
Foreign Patent Documents
| Document Number | Assignees | Inventors | Issue/Pub Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE2729287 | ANCIENNE MAISON J B IMMES S P | Jan 1979 | |
| DE2800881 | KLEIN KG KUNSTSTOFFWERK | Jul 1979 | |
| DE3009344 | KEARNEY & TRECKER CORP | Jul 1981 | |
| FR2036158 | GOUTTE TOQUET ETS | Dec 1970 | |
| FR2393126 | ISOLATION MODERNE STE INDLE | Feb 1979 | |
| CH355927 | KOLLER ERNST | Sep 1961 | |
| GB1210410 | PETERS HEINRICH WALTER | Oct 1970 | |
| GB2179693 | WEATHERSEAL WINDOWS LTD | Mar 1987 |
Referenced By
| Document Number | Assignee | Inventors | Issue/Pub Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| US4949506 | Chelsea Industries, Inc. | Durham, Jr.; Robert C. | Aug 1990 |
| US5341600 | Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co. | Thomas J. Heppner | Aug 1994 |
| US5285606 | Pella Corporation | Bruce A. Hagemeyer | Feb 1994 |
| US7150130 | Portes Patio Resiver Inc. | Tetsuya Kobayashi et al. | Dec 2006 |
| US4922658 | Therm-O-Loc, Inc. | Donald L. Coddens | May 1990 |
| US5261189 | CHU FU PONG | Fu-Pong Chu | Nov 1993 |
| US5653060 | YKK Architectural Products Inc. | Ryuichi Kitada et al. | Aug 1997 |
| US6158179 | Steelcase Development Inc. | Anne C. Ackerly et al. | Dec 2000 |
| US4936049 | HANSEN LESLIE N | Leslie N. Hansen | Jun 1990 |
| US5649389 | Therm-O-Lite, Inc. | Donald Coddens | Jul 1997 |
| US7003917 | JELD-WEN, Inc. | Richard W. Hetherington et al. | Feb 2006 |
| US7555871 | Guardian, LLC | Murray L. Neal | Jul 2009 |
Patent Family
| Document Number | Assignee | Inventors | Issue/Pub Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| US4815246 | Viceroy Homes Limited | Fred Haas | Mar 1989 |
| CA1295189 | VICEROY HOMES LTD | HAAS FRED | Feb 1992 |
View Drawings
Independent Claims | See all claims (2)
- 1. A sliding door of the type having a sliding door panel and a fixed door panel and comprising:said sliding door panel and said fixed door panel having top and bottom frame portions and side frame portions formed of an identical first extrusion, and joined at corners to form a rectangular frame, said first extrusion in turn defining:an interior generally rectangular closed box portion having side walls and end walls;inner and outer facing walls located in spaced parallel relation from said side walls of said box member;junction walls extending between said side walls of said box member and said inner and outer facing walls, said inner and outer facing walls and said junction walls defining tubular enclosures around the exterior of said side and end walls of said inner box portion;a side channel defined by channel side and end walls formed along said inner box member;a tubular ledge portion defined by an extension of said outer facing wall and one of said side walls;a retaining channel connected to said inner facing wall;a retaining strip received in said retaining channel for retaining glazing between said retaining strip and said ledge portion;and said sliding door further comprising two parallel spaced apart door jambs and an upper cross member formed of an identical second extrusion, said second extrusion, in turn, defining:a channel bottom wall and channel side walls forming a receiving channel for said sliding door panel;a base wall spaced therefrom;junction walls extending between said base wall and said channel bottom wall and defining tubular enclosures extending along said channel bottom wall;a fixed door locating facing wall parallel to said receiving channel;said fixed door locating facing wall and said base wall defining a tubular enclosure parallel to said receiving channel;a door threshold panel formed of metal and defining a top wall registering with said receiving channel in said door jambs and cross member;a flashing wall extending outwardly from said top wall;a rail formed along said top wall, in registration with said receiving channel;roller means on said sliding door panel, engaging and riding on said rail, and,a filler strip supported on said flashing wall for supporting a fixed door panel.
