Easy glide storm door
AssigneeZdzislaw Stanislaw Wypych
InventorsZdzislaw Stanislaw Wypych, William Terrance Carless
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Abstract
A method of installing a storm door is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: attaching a track to a door head; attaching one or more rollers to the track; and attaching the storm door to the one or more rollers. After the storm door is installed, the storm door can be slid along a length of the track between an open position and a closed position. While sliding the storm door between the open position and the dosed position, the storm door remains generally parallel to the door head.
Claims20
A method of installing a storm door, the method comprising steps of:
- attaching a track to a door head;
- attaching one or more rollers to the track;
- and
- attaching the storm door to the one or more rollers;
- wherein after the storm door is installed, the storm door can be slid along a length of the track between an open position and a closed position, and
- wherein while sliding the storm door between the open position and the closed position, the storm door remains generally parallel to the door head.
A method comprising:
- retrofitting a swinging storm door into a storm door that slides comprising steps of:
- attaching a wall bracket to a door head;
- attaching a track to the wall bracket;
- attaching one or more rollers to the track;
- and
- attaching as door bracket to the swinging storm door;
- and
- attaching the door bracket to the one or more rollers;
- wherein after the door bracket is attached to the one or more rollers, the storm door can be slid along a length of the track between an open position and a closed position, and
- wherein after the door bracket is attached to the one or more rollers, the storm door is restricted from swinging.
An assembly comprising:
- a wall bracket configured to attach to a door head;
- a track connected to the wall bracket;
- a roller fit within the track so that the roller is moveably connected to the track;
- a door bracket connected to the roller so that the door bracket moves with the roller during sliding;
- a lower guide attached to a bottom sill and slidably receiving at least a portion of a storm door;
- and
- a top guard attached to a portion of the storm door and the track so that a gap defined between the storm door and the track is dosed out;
- wherein the roller can he slid within the track so that the storm door can be slid along a path that is generally parallel to the door head and is restricted from swinging relative to the door head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.