US 12,571,247 B2Granted

Security features for a sliding door system

AssigneeAadg, Inc.

InventorsDaniel Brian Glover, Jennifer Manning

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Abstract

A sliding door system having one or more sliding doors, door frames (e.g., static frames of different sizes for different wall thicknesses or adjustable frames that can be used to fit different wall thicknesses), sliding door hardware (e.g., tracks, wheels, soft closers, stops, or the like), header, door receiver, a plurality of seals, or the like. The sliding door system utilizes improvements to the components in order to provide security features, such as electromagnetic (EMC—EMI/RFI) shielding, sound resistance, blast resistance, forced entry and/or ballistic resistance, privacy features, light reduction, fire and/or smoke resistance, or the like to the sliding door system. In particular, the sliding door system allows for the use of the security features with the static or adjustable door frames described herein.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A door system comprising:

a door frame operatively coupled with one or more door opening surfaces, wherein the door frame is an adjustable door frame, comprising:
a first frame segment having a first molding flange and a first jamb flange;
and
a second frame segment having a second molding flange and a second jamb flange;
one or more adjustment members operatively coupled to the first frame segment or the second frame segment, wherein the one or more adjustment members comprise one or more adjustment tabs having a tab aperture for guiding slidable adjustment;
wherein the first frame segment is adjustable with respect to the second frame segment through the one or more adjustment members;
wherein the first frame segment is operatively coupled with the second frame segment through the one or more adjustment members;
and
wherein at least a portion of the first jamb flange and at least a portion of the second jamb flange of the adjustable door frame overlap;
one or more caps operatively coupled to the first molding flange or the second molding flange;
sliding door hardware operatively coupled to the one or more door opening surfaces or the door frame;
a door operatively coupled to the sliding door hardware;
and
a plurality of seals operatively coupled to the door frame or the door, the plurality of seals comprising:
a first edge seal;
a second edge seal;
a top edge seal;
and
a bottom edge seal;
wherein the one or more caps or the door comprises a seal channel formed therein;
and
wherein the seal channel formed in the one or more caps or the door is operatively coupled to the first edge seal or the second edge seal.

19 more elements

A door system comprising:

an adjustable door frame comprising three or more portions, each comprising:
a first frame segment having a first molding flange and a first jamb flange;
and
a second frame segment having a second molding flange and a second jamb flange;
one or more adjustment members operatively coupled to the first frame segment or the second frame segment, wherein the one or more adjustment members comprise one or more adjustment tabs having a tab aperture for guiding slidable adjustment;
wherein the first frame segment is adjustable with respect to the second frame segment through the one or more adjustment members;
wherein the first frame segment is operatively coupled with the second frame segment through the one or more adjustment members;
wherein at least a portion of the first jamb flange and at least a portion of the second jamb flange of the adjustable door frame overlap;
wherein the adjustable door frame is operatively coupled to door opening surfaces;
and
wherein the first frame segment or the second frame segment is covered in EMC material or made from the EMC material;
one or more caps operatively coupled to the first molding flange or the second molding flange;
sliding door hardware operatively coupled to a wall or the adjustable door frame;
a door operatively coupled to the sliding door hardware, wherein door edges are covered in the EMC material and door faces are covered in the EMC material or have a layer of EMC material;
and
a plurality of seals operatively coupled to the adjustable door frame or the door, the plurality of seals made from the EMC material, the plurality of seals comprising:
a first edge seal adjacent a first edge of the door;
a second edge seal adjacent a second edge of the door;
a top edge seal adjacent an upper edge of the door;
and
a bottom edge seal adjacent a lower edge of the door;
wherein the one or more caps or the door comprises a seal channel formed therein;
and
wherein the seal channel formed in the one or more caps or the door is operatively coupled to the first edge seal or the second edge seal.

21 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/831,666Filed 3 Jun 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Jun 2021
Published: US 2022/0389757 A18 Dec 2022
Granted: 10 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

E06B 1/045
Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings: with separate wing abutment strips, e.g. adjustable; Door stops
E06B 7/16
Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows: sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings
E06B 1/20
Composed of several parts with respect to the cross-section of the frame itself: adjustable with respect to the thickness of walls
E06B 1/325
Frames composed of parts made of different materials: comprising insulation between two metal section members

Family

Application63/197,770Us provisional application · filed 7 Jun 2021
Application63/276,230Us provisional application · filed 5 Nov 2021
Application63/276,227Us provisional application · filed 5 Nov 2021
Application63/278,513Us provisional application · filed 12 Nov 2021
Application63/278,515Us provisional application · filed 12 Nov 2021
US 2022/0389757 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Dec 2022
US 12,571,247 B2This patent

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