US 11,629,538 B2 · Sliding door roller and method of installation

Abstract

A sliding door roller assembly includes a roller housing being at least partially disposed within an outer housing moveable relative to the roller housing and at least one roller wheel in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the at least one roller wheel. At least one resilient member is positioned at an end of the outer housing, and includes a fixed termination section coupled to an end member of the outer housing, a compliant section extending from the fixed termination section, a curved engagement section, and a resilient section between the compliant section and the curved engagement section and pivotable about the compliant section. The at least one resilient member is flexible from a first position to a second position when the curved engagement section mates with an inner surface of a slot defining a bottom edge of a panel secured to the outer housing to provide a holding force between the resilient member and the inner surface of the slot.

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Dependent claims

A sliding door roller comprising:

an inner housing at least partially disposed within an outer housing;
at least one roller wheel operably coupled to the inner housing;
the outer housing moveable relative to the at least one roller wheel in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the at least one roller wheel;
at least one resilient member at an end of the outer housing, the at least one resilient member being flexible from a first position to a second position in a first direction, the at least one resilient member comprising a substantially planar flange proximate a bottom edge of the outer housing;
and
an adjustment mechanism operably coupled to the inner housing and the outer housing, the adjustment mechanism actuable from an exterior of the outer housing and adapted to adjust a height of the outer housing relative to the at least one roller wheel in a second direction different from the first direction.

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A method of assembling a sliding door roller to a panel, comprising the steps of:

inserting a sliding door roller assembly within the panel, the panel having a bottom edge defining a routing including a slot for receiving the sliding door roller assembly and having an inner surface with opposing edges, the sliding door roller assembly comprising at least one resilient member at an end of an outer housing thereof, the at least one resilient member comprising a substantially planar flange proximate a bottom edge of the outer housing, the at least one resilient member being flexible from a first position to a second position;
engaging a mating portion of at least one resilient member with one of the slot inner surface opposing edges;
while inserting, causing the at least one resilient member to flex from the first position to the second position to generate a holding force between the resilient member and the inner surface of the slot in a direction transverse to an axial insertion direction of the sliding door roller assembly;
and
releasing the sliding door roller assembly so that the holding force acts on the at least one resilient member to maintain the sliding door roller assembly within the panel routing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sliding door roller and method of installation

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Abstract

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