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US 11,572,720 B2Granted
Adjustable threshold assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorSaif Sultan
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Abstract
A closet unit for a vehicle and a threshold assembly for use with a door are provided. The threshold assembly includes a threshold body that is coupleable to a frame of the closet unit with the threshold body including an opening formed therethrough. The threshold assembly further includes a striker component, in which the striker component includes a plate removably coupleable to the threshold body and a cup coupled to and offset from a center of the plate with the cup positionable through the opening of the threshold body. The threshold assembly further includes a fastener to removably couple the plate of the striker component to the threshold body.
Claims17
A closet unit for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing comprising a frame and a door configured to move with respect to the frame;
- a latching mechanism coupled to the door and comprising a latch configured to secure the door to the frame;
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- a threshold assembly coupled to the housing and configured to receive the latch of the latching mechanism, the threshold assembly comprising:
- a threshold body coupled to the frame and comprising an opening formed therethrough and comprising a recess positioned adjacent the opening, wherein:
- the threshold body comprises an internal side and an external side;
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- the opening comprises a first side and a second side, and the first side of the opening is closer to the internal side of the threshold body than the second side of the opening;
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- a striker component removably coupled to the threshold body and comprising a plate, a cup coupled to the plate with the cup offset from a center of the plate and positionable through the opening, and a guide comprising a pair of ribs, wherein:
- the plate of the striker component is configured to be positioned within the recess and entirely surrounded by the recess of the threshold body;
- the striker component is configured to be removably coupled to the threshold body in a first orientation and a second orientation with respect to the threshold body;
- in the first orientation, a first side of the cup is adjacent to the first side of the opening;
- and
- in the second orientation, a second side of the cup is adjacent to the first side of the opening.
12 more elements
A threshold assembly for use with a door, comprising:
- a threshold body configured to be coupled to a frame of a closet unit and comprising an opening formed therethrough and comprising a recess positioned adjacent the opening, wherein:
- the threshold body comprises an internal side and an external side;
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- the opening comprises a first side and a second side, and the first side of the opening is closer to the internal side of the threshold body than the second side of the opening;
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- a striker component comprising:
- a plate configured to be removably coupled to the threshold body, wherein the plate of the striker component is configured to be positioned within the recess and entirely surrounded by the recess of the threshold body;
- a guide comprising a pair of ribs;
- and
- a cup coupled to and offset from a center of the plate with the cup configured to be positioned through the opening of the threshold body, wherein:
- the striker component is configured to be removably coupled to the threshold body in a first orientation and a second orientation with respect to the threshold body;
- in the first orientation, a first side of the cup is adjacent to the first side of the opening;
- and
- in the second orientation, a second side of the cup is adjacent to the first side of the opening.
11 more elements
A threshold assembly consisting essentially of:
- a threshold body configured to be coupled to a frame of a closet unit and comprising an opening formed therethrough and a recess positioned adjacent the opening;
- a striker component comprising:
- a plate configured to be removably coupled to the threshold body, wherein the plate is configured to be positioned within the recess and entirely surrounded by the recess of the threshold body;
- a cup coupled to and offset from a center of the plate with the cup configured to be positioned through the opening of the threshold body;
- a guide positioned within the cup, wherein the guide comprises a pair of ribs;
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- a shim configured to be received by the pair of guides within the cup when the plate is coupled to the threshold body and the cup is positioned through the opening of the threshold body;
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- a fastener configured to removably couple the plate of the striker component to the threshold body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.