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US 2006/0150518 A1Published application
Support for a sliding panel
AssigneeHunter Douglas Industries BV
InventorsAdrianus Van 't Zelfde, Christianus Slobbe
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Abstract
A sliding panel for use in an architectural opening is connected either at its top edge or bottom edge to a carrier that supports the panel with a magnetic system that includes a magnet and a ferrous member. The magnet is positioned on either the carrier or the panel and the ferrous member is on the other of the carrier or the panel with the magnet attracting the ferrous member to connect the panel to the carrier.
Claims20
A sliding panel which is releasably connected at its top or upper edge and/or at its bottom or lower edge to a carrier that supports the panel;
- wherein the means for releasably connecting the panel and the carrier comprises a magnet and a ferrous member which is attracted to, and can be magnetically attached to, the magnet;
- and wherein the magnet is on one of either the carrier or the panel and the ferrous member is on the other of the carrier or panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.