Sliding door magnetic latch
OwnerCarlos Cordovainventor
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Abstract
A magnet holder constructed of a resilient material as a plural-sided box has an open side. A bar magnet within the magnet holder extends outwardly from the open side. A second side of the box has an arcuate convex shape extending outwardly. A hollow door frame strut provides a first interior surface abutting a third side of the box. The magnet abuts a second interior surface of the strut with the second side of the box abutting a third interior surface such that the arcuate shape is flattened, springfully wedging the box between the first and second interior surfaces of the strut and securing the magnet holder in place within the strut.
Claims5
A screen door apparatus comprising:
- a pair of spaced apart vertical screen pockets for mounting to a door frame;
- a horizontal upper slide channel secured between terminal upper ends of the screen pockets;
- a horizontal lower slide channel secured between terminal lower ends of the screen pockets;
- a pair of vertical door frame struts slidingly engaged between the upper and the lower slide channels;
- a pair of flexible screen cloths, each one of the screen cloths having one vertical edge thereof secured to one of the door frame struts and an opposing vertical edge secured to a rollup device within one of the screen pockets;
- each one of the screen cloths further having an upper horizontal edge positioned within the upper slide channel and a lower horizontal edge positioned within the lower slide channel;
- each of the frame struts having a magnet holder positioned therewithin, the magnet holder constructed of a resilient material as a plural-sided box with a first side of the box open;
- a bar magnet within the magnet holder protruding outwardly from the first side of the box;
- a second side of the box having an arcuate convex shape thereby protruding outwardly from the box;
- the door frame struts each providing a first interior surface abutting a third side of the box;
- the magnet abutting a second interior surface of the strut and the second side of the box abutting a third interior surface such that the arcuate shape is flattened, springfully wedging the magnet holder between the first and second interior surfaces of the strut;
- the bar magnets positioned in mutual vertical adjacency.
An apparatus comprising:
- a magnet holder constructed of a resilient material as a plural-sided box with a first side of the box open;
- a bar magnet within the magnet holder protruding outwardly from the first side of the box;
- a second side of the box having an arcuate convex shape thereby extending outwardly from the box;
- a hollow door frame strut providing a first interior surface abutting a third side of the box;
- the magnet abutting a second interior surface of the strut and the second side of the box abutting a third interior surface of the strut such that the arcuate shape is flattened, springfully wedging the magnet holder between the first and second interior surfaces of the strut.
An apparatus comprising:
- a magnet holder constructed of a resilient material as a plural-sided box with a first side of the box open;
- a bar magnet within the magnet holder protruding outwardly from the first side of the box;
- a second side of the box having an arcuate convex shape protruding outwardly from the box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.