Compact adjustable pocket door frame

A pocket door kit comprising:

• a track component;
• and
• a sliding door, the sliding door being generally planar and having an upper surface including a track, the track adapted to slidingly engage with the track component;
• a preassembled pocket door frame having
• a first vertical member vertically extending between an upper end and a lower end;
• a second vertical member vertically extending between an upper end and a lower end;
• an intermediary member vertically extending between an upper end and a lower end and having a vertically extending central slot, the vertically extending central slot extending between the upper end of the intermediary member and the lower end of the intermediary member;
• an upper member horizontally extending between the first end of the first vertical member and a first end of the second vertical member;
• and
• at least a pair of transverse braces, each one of the pair of transverse braces having a first end and a second end and extending horizontally between the intermediary member and the second vertical member, the first end of the one of the at least a pair of transverse braces having a perpendicularly oriented end surface, each one of the at least a pair of transverse braces having a moveable coupler mounted to the first end of each of the at least a pair of transverse braces, the movable coupler operable such that each one of the at least a pair of transverse braces is movable from a first stowed position to a second generally orthogonal position, each one of the at least a pair of transverse braces oriented in a parallel manner to the intermediary member in the first stowed position, the movable coupler of each one of the at least a pair of transverse braces secured to the first end of each of the at least a pair of transverse braces and the intermediary member;
• wherein the second end of the one of the at least a pair of transverse braces abuts the second vertical member and the first end of the one of the at least a pair of transverse braces abuts the intermediary member in the second generally orthogonal position such that the perpendicularly oriented end surface of the first end of the one of the at least a pair of transverse braces abuts the intermediary member at a position between the upper end of the intermediary member and the lower end of the intermediary member;
• and
• wherein the preassembled pocket door frame is movable from a first packed position to a second installed position, the at least a pair of transverse braces oriented in the first stowed position when the preassembled pocket door frame is in the first packed position, the at least a pair of transverse braces oriented in the second generally orthogonal position when the preassembled pocket door frame is in the second installed position, the first vertical member, the second vertical member, the intermediary member, the upper member and the at least a pair of transverse braces are parallelly oriented to one another in the first, packed position.