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US 2021/0222473 A1Published application
Sliding Door Unit and Components for the Same
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsBruce Procton, Michael K. Mitchell, Tomasz Jaskiewicz
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Abstract
A sliding door unit has a mounting frame and an active door panel mounted in and capable of sliding relative to the mounting frame. The active door panel has a face including a panel portion and a glazing portion. The glazing portion comprises less than 65% of a surface area of the face.
Claims20
A housing configured to close a gap between a first door panel and a second door panel when the first door panel and the second door panel are in a closed configuration, the housing comprising:
- a first side configured to attach to a first door panel;
- a second side configured to attach to a second door panel;
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- a lock mechanism housed within the first side or the second side, the lock mechanism having an upper shoot bolt and a lower shoot bolt, the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt each having a retracted position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt are disposed within the housing such that the housing is capable of translating relative to a door frame and an extended position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt extend from ends of the housing such that the housing is prevented from translating, the lock mechanism configured to transition the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt from the retracted position to the extended position thereof simultaneously with one another.
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A door system comprising:
- a door frame;
- a first door panel having a first interior face;
- a second door panel having a second interior face, the first door panel movable relative to the second door panel between a closed configuration in which the first interior face and the second interior face are coplanar with one another within the door frame and an open configuration in which the first interior face and the second interior face are planarly offset from one another;
- an astragal having a first side attached to the first door panel and a second side attached to the second door panel, the astragal configured to close a gap between the first door panel and the second door panel in the closed configuration;
- a lock mechanism housed within the first side or the second side of the astragal, the lock mechanism having an upper shoot bolt and a lower shoot bolt, the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt each having a retracted position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt are disposed within the astragal such that the astragal is capable of translating relative to a door frame and an extended position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt extend from ends of the astragal into the door frame such that the astragal is prevented from translating, the lock mechanism configured to transition the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt from the retracted position to the extended position thereof simultaneously with one another.
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A door system comprising:
- a door frame having a header and a sill;
- a first door panel having a first interior face;
- a second door panel having a second interior face, the first door panel movable relative to the second door panel between a closed configuration in which the first interior face and the second interior face are coplanar with one another;
- an astragal having a first side attached to the first door panel and a second side attached to the second door panel, the astragal configured to close a gap between the first door panel and the second door panel in the closed configuration;
- a lock mechanism housed within the first side or the second side of the astragal, the lock mechanism having an upper shoot bolt and a lower shoot bolt, the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt each having a retracted position and an extended position in which the upper shoot bolt extends into the header and the lower shoot bolt extends into the sill such that the astragal is prevented from translating, the lock mechanism configured to transition the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt from the retracted position to the extended position thereof simultaneously with one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.