US 2018/0023336 A1Published application

Sliding Barn Door Kit

AssigneeLTL Wholesale, Inc. d/b/a LTL Home Products, Inc.

InventorMalcolm K. Groff

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Abstract

A barn door kit includes a plurality of pieces disassembled that are packaged in a much smaller footprint than an assembled barn door. The pieces that make up the door include a plurality of frame pieces and a plurality of panels. The frame pieces are connected together to create a frame of the door having a channel along an interior perimeter. The panels are configured to be inserted within the frame with the channel providing support. The panels include tongues on one side and corresponding grooves on the other side for securing adjacent panels together. The frame pieces and the panels are made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The kit also includes a track, roller brackets, handle and hardware. The hardware includes brackets mounted to upper edges of a right side frame and a left side frame to enable the roller brackets to be secured thereto.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A sliding barn door kit comprising:

a first pair of frame pieces having a channel traversing a first side thereof, wherein the first pair of frame pieces are configured to act as a left side frame and a right side frame of an assembled sliding barn door;
a second pair of frame pieces having a channel traversing a first side thereof, wherein the second pair of frame pieces are configured to act as an upper frame and a lower frame of the assembled sliding barn door, wherein the upper frame, the right side frame, the lower frame and the left side frame make up a perimeter of the assembled sliding barn door, and wherein the channels of the upper frame, the right side frame, the lower frame and the left side frame face inwards;
a plurality of vertical panels having a tongue traversing a first side and a groove traversing a second side, wherein the plurality of vertical panels are configured to be aligned in at least one row within the perimeter of the assembled sliding barn door, wherein adjacent vertical panels are secured together by securing a tongue of a first panel into a groove in a second panel, wherein the channel of the right side frame is to receive a right most vertical panel, the channel of the upper frame is to receive upper edges of one of the at least one row of the plurality of vertical panels, the channel of the lower frame is to receive lower edges of one of the at least one row of the plurality of vertical panels, and the channel of the left side frame is to receive a left most vertical panel;
a pair of roller brackets to be mounted to the right side frame and the left side frame;
a pair of hardware supports to enable mounting of the pair of roller brackets to the right side frame and the left side frame, wherein the pair of hardware supports are configured to be received in an upper edge of the right side frame and the left side frame;
and
a track to be secured to a wall and to receive the pair of roller brackets in order to enable the assembled sliding barn door to be slide along the track.

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A sliding barn door kit comprising:

a plurality of frame pieces to form a frame for an assembled sliding barn door, wherein the frame pieces have front and back faces separated by a plurality of supports, wherein at least a subset of the supports have screw taps formed therein, wherein at least one side of the frame pieces include channels traversing a length thereof, wherein a first pair of the frame pieces are a first length and are configured to act as a left side frame and a right side frame of an assembled sliding barn door, wherein a second pair of frame pieces are a second length and are configured to act as an upper frame and a lower frame of the assembled sliding barn door, and wherein the assembled sliding bar door includes a receiving channel formed along an interior of an external frame formed by the channels in the upper frame, the right side frame, the lower frame and the left side frame;
a plurality of vertical panels having a tongue traversing a first side and a groove traversing a second side so as to be secured to one another, wherein the plurality of vertical panels are configured to be aligned in at least one row within the external frame and be supported by the receiving channel formed along the interior of the external frame;
a pair of hardware supports mounted to an upper edge of the right side frame and an upper edge of the left side frame by securing screws into the screw taps of the right side frame and the left side frame;
a pair of roller brackets mounted to pair of hardware supports;
and
a track to be secured to a wall and to receive the pair of roller brackets in order to enable the assembled sliding barn door to be slide along the track.

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A sliding barn door kit comprising:

a first pair of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) frame pieces having a first length and front and back faces separated by a plurality of supports, wherein at least a subset of the supports have screw taps formed therein, wherein at least one side of the first pair of frame pieces include a channel traversing the length thereof, and wherein the first pair of frame pieces are configured to act as a left side frame and a right side frame of an assembled sliding barn door;
a second pair of PVC frame pieces having a second length and front and back faces separated by a plurality of supports, wherein at least a subset of the supports have screw taps formed therein, wherein at least one side of the second pair of frame pieces include a channel traversing the length thereof, wherein the second pair of frame pieces are configured to act as a top frame and a bottom frame of an assembled sliding barn door, wherein the first pair of frame pieces are secured to the second pair of frame pieces by securing screws through the first pair of frame pieces into the screw taps in the second pair of frame pieces, and wherein the assembled sliding bar door includes a receiving channel formed along an interior of an external frame formed by the channels in the upper frame, the right side frame, the lower frame and the left side frame;
a plurality of PVC vertical panels having front and back faces separated by a plurality of supports a tongue formed along a first side and a groove formed along a second side, wherein the tongue and groove enable adjacent panels to be secured to one another, wherein the plurality of vertical panels are configured to be aligned in at least one row within the external frame and be supported by the receiving channel formed along the interior of the external frame;
a pair of hardware supports mounted to an upper edge of the right side frame and an upper edge of the left side frame by securing screws through the hardware supports and into the screw taps of the right side frame and the left side frame, wherein the pair of hardware supports include threaded nuts;
a pair of roller brackets mounted to pair of hardware supports by securing screws through the roller brackets into the threaded nuts;
and
a track to be secured to a wall and to receive the pair of roller brackets in order to enable the assembled sliding barn door to be slide along the track.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/647,595Filed 12 Jul 2017
Priority: 19 Jul 2016
Published: 25 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

E06B 3/4636
Horizontally-sliding wings: for doors
E05B 65/08
Locks or fastenings for special use: for sliding wings
E05D 15/063
For wings suspended at the top: on wheels with fixed axis
E05D 15/0652
For wings suspended at the top: tracks

Family

Application62/364,030Us provisional application · filed 19 Jul 2016
US 10,563,450 B2Related patent
US 2018/0023336 A1This patent

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