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US 12,571,249 B2Granted
Vertical slats joined to form a flexible sliding door mounted on hidden tracks
OwnerWilliam Justin Sloaninventor
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Abstract
A door mechanism that includes a track that includes a lip, and a door mounted on the track that includes a first slat, and a second slat, where the first slat includes a first tab and the second slat includes a second tab, and where the door is mounted on the track using the first tab and the second tab.
Claims20
A storage unit, comprising:
- a box, comprising:
- an exterior front face;
- and
- an opening in the exterior front face;
- an upper track mounted on the exterior front face above the opening, wherein the upper track comprises an upper lip;
- a lower track mounted on the exterior front face below the opening, wherein the lower track comprises a lower lip;
- and
- a door mounted on the upper track and the lower track, comprising a plurality of slats,
- wherein each slat, of the plurality of slats, comprises:
- an upper cutout forming an upper tab;
- and
- a lower cutout forming a lower tab, and
- wherein each slat is monolithic with its respective upper tab and lower tab.
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A storage unit, comprising:
- a box, comprising:
- an exterior front face;
- and
- an opening in the exterior front face;
- an upper track mounted on the exterior front face above the opening, wherein the upper track comprises an upper lip;
- a lower track mounted on the exterior front face below the opening, wherein the lower track comprises a lower lip;
- and
- a door mounted on the upper track and the lower track, comprising a plurality of slats,
- wherein each slat, of the plurality of slats, comprises:
- an upper cutout forming an upper tab;
- and
- a lower cutout forming a lower tab, and
- wherein a first backside of each slat, a second backside of each upper tab, and a third backside of each lower tab are coplanar for each slat, respectively.
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A storage unit, comprising:
- a box, comprising:
- an exterior front face;
- and
- an opening in the exterior front face;
- an upper track mounted on the exterior front face above the opening, wherein the upper track comprises an upper lip;
- a lower track mounted on the exterior front face below the opening, wherein the lower track comprises a lower lip;
- and
- a door mounted on the upper track and the lower track, comprising a plurality of slats,
- wherein the plurality of slats comprise a plurality of lower tabs, respectively,
- wherein a lower tab, of the plurality of lower tabs, does not contact the lower lip,
- wherein a door height of the door is greater than a box height of the box, and
- wherein when the door is in a closed position and the storage unit is viewed from a front perspective:
- the exterior front face and the opening are not visible, and
- the upper track and the lower track are not visible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.