Sliding door with braking system
AssigneeTaylor Made Group, LLC
InventorsPhilip A. Oakes, Edward J. Erskine, Todd Vincent
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Abstract
A sliding door assembly includes a door frame with a top trim member, a bottom sill, and side jambs connected between the top trim member and the bottom sill, and a primary sliding panel secured in the door frame. The top trim member includes a track configured to support a weight of the primary sliding panel and prevent the primary sliding panel from coming off the track. Other features include an interlock mechanism to limit relative movement using multiple sliding doors and a brake mechanism to secure the doors in position when the door handle is released. A drop window includes features to accommodate for manufacturing tolerances and box frame assemblies that are out of square.
Claims18
A sliding door assembly comprising:
- a door frame including a top trim member, a bottom sill, and side jambs connected between the top trim member and the bottom sill;
- a primary sliding panel secured in the door frame and slidably displaceable linearly from a closed position to a first open position and linearly from the first open position to a second open position;
- a secondary sliding panel secured in the door frame and slidably displaceable linearly between the first open position and the second open position;
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- an interlock mechanism that locks the secondary sliding panel to the bottom sill until the primary sliding panel is displaced from the closed position to the first open position, the interlock mechanism locking the secondary sliding panel to the primary sliding panel when the primary sliding panel is displaced to and beyond the first open position to the second open position.
The sliding door assembly comprising:
- a door frame including a top trim member, a bottom sill, and side jambs connected between the top trim member and the bottom sill;
- a primary sliding panel secured in the door frame;
- a door handle cooperable with the primary sliding panel;
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- a brake mechanism cooperable with the door handle, wherein the brake mechanism is biased toward a brake engaged position by a spring to hold the primary sliding panel in place until the door handle is actuated against a bias force of the spring to disengage the brake mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.