Sliding closet door assembly and method of assembling a sliding closet door
AssigneeInter IKEA Systems B.V.
InventorTomas Eskilsson
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Abstract
A sliding closet door assembly comprises a first door panel (22a); and a door frame assembly comprising at least a first side edge strip arrangement, a second side edge strip arrangement, a top edge strip arrangement, and a bottom edge strip arrangement configured to define a door frame (20) extending in a door frame plane, the door frame (20) being adapted to receive and hold said first door panel (22a), wherein the door frame (20) is configured to receive said first door panel (22a) in a door panel insertion direction (T) transversal to the door frame plane.
Claims20
A sliding closet door assembly comprising:
- a first door panel;
- and
- a door frame assembly comprising at least a first side edge strip arrangement, a second side edge strip arrangement, a top edge strip arrangement and a bottom edge strip arrangement, the first side edge strip arrangement, second side edge strip arrangement, top edge strip arrangement, and bottom edge strip arrangement configured to define a door frame extending in a door frame plane, the door frame being adapted to receive and hold said first door panel,
- wherein the door frame is configured to receive said first door panel in a door panel insertion direction (T) transversal to the door frame plane,
- wherein at least one of said first side edge strip arrangement, second side edge strip arrangement, top edge strip arrangement, and bottom edge strip arrangement comprises:
- a support strip configured to be rigidly connected to adjacent strip arrangements of said first side edge strip arrangement, second side edge strip arrangement, top edge strip arrangement, and bottom edge strip arrangement;
- and
- a lock strip movable in relation to said support strip between an open position, in which the lock strip allows free passage of a respective door panel edge, of said first door panel, into the door frame, and a lock position, in which the lock strip locks said edge of said first door panel within the door frame.
A method of assembling a sliding closet door, the method comprising:
- providing a door frame defined by a top edge strip arrangement, a bottom edge strip arrangement, a first side edge strip arrangement and a second side edge strip arrangement attached to each other in a rectangular configuration, the door frame extending in a door frame plane (P1;
- P2);
- connecting the door frame to a door guide rail configured to enable sliding the door frame along a vertical plane coinciding with the door frame plane (P1;
- P2);
- and
- after connecting the door frame to the door guide rail, mounting a first door panel in the door frame.
A sliding closet door assembly comprising:
- a first door panel defined by a top edge strip arrangement, a bottom edge strip arrangement, a first side edge strip arrangement and a second side edge strip arrangement attached to each other in a rectangular configuration;
- and
- a door frame assembly comprising at least a first side edge strip arrangement, a second side edge strip arrangement, a top edge strip arrangement and a bottom edge strip arrangement, the first side edge strip arrangement, second side edge strip arrangement, top edge strip arrangement, and bottom edge strip arrangement configured to define a door frame extending in a door frame plane, the door frame being adapted to receive and hold said first door panel to form a door guided along a guide rail,
- wherein the door frame is configured to receive said first door panel in a door panel insertion direction transversal to the door frame plane, and
- wherein at least one of said first side edge strip arrangement, second side edge strip arrangement, top edge strip arrangement, and bottom edge strip arrangement is configured as a fixed-groove strip arrangement comprising a fixed groove configured to receive a respective door panel edge in an edge insertion direction along the door frame plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.