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US 10,865,588 B2Granted
Securing mechanism for a sliding panel
AssigneeDan Raz Ltd.
InventorAmir Raz
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Abstract
A sliding door includes a panel configured to slide along a path; a holding member including an abutting portion and defining a channel configured for receiving therein at least a segment of the panel; and a stop member being displaceable between an engaged state in which a first end of the stop member engages the abutting portion and a second end of the stop member engages the segment thereby precluding sliding of the panel in a direction away from the holding member and a disengaged state in which the stop member allows sliding of the panel.
Claims12
A sliding closure for selectively closing an opening comprising:
- a panel mounted relative to the opening so as to be slidable between an open position and a closed position along a path extending across at least part of the opening in a direction parallel to a plane of said panel, said plane extending through a majority of said panel and said panel having an external surface extending parallel to the plane of the panel from a leading edge of said panel to a trailing edge of said panel and from a top edge of said panel to a bottom edge of said panel;
- an abutment surface disposed in a fixed relation to said path;
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- a stop member rotatably supported about an axis of rotation, said stop member being rotatable when said panel is in said closed position between an engaged state in which said stop member is interposed between said abutment surface and a region of said panel so as to engage said abutment surface and said region of said panel to prevent sliding of said panel along said path from said closed position towards said open position and a disengaged state in which said stop member allows sliding of said panel along said path,
- wherein said stop member is configured such that, in said engaged state, sliding of said panel along said path from said closed position towards said open position is opposed by said stop member on which compressive forces are exerted by said region of said panel and said abutment surface, and wherein said region of said panel comprises a portion of said external surface.
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A sliding closure for selectively closing an opening comprising:
- a panel mounted relative to the opening so as to be slidable between an open position and a closed position along a path extending across at least part of the opening in a direction parallel to a plane of said panel, said plane extending through a majority of said panel and said panel having an external surface extending parallel to the plane of the panel from a leading edge of said panel to a trailing edge of said panel and from a top edge of said panel to a bottom edge of said panel;
- at least one abutment surface disposed in a fixed relation to said path;
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- a stop member rotatably supported about an axis of rotation, said stop member having a cam surface, wherein said stop member is rotatable between a disengaged state in which said stop member allows sliding of said panel along said path, and, when said panel is in said closed position, an engaged state in which said stop member engages and is compressed by said at least one abutment surface and a planar region of said external surface parallel to the plane of said panel and located between said leading and trailing edges of said panel so as to prevent sliding of said panel along said path from said closed position towards said open position as said panel is urged from said closed position towards said open position along said path,
- wherein when said stop member is in said engaged state, sliding of said panel along said path from said closed position towards said open position is opposed by friction generated by said stop member pressing against said planar region of said external surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.