Wood Clad Rail System for Glass Doors and SideLites

A wood clad rail system for a glass door and a sidelite, the glass door having a top clamping rail and a bottom clamping rail, the top clamping rail having a pair of mutually opposite inclined sidewalls and a pair of mutually opposite vertical sidewalls, the top clamping rail and the bottom clamping rail holding a first glass pane, the side light having a second glass pane, an improvement to the system comprising:

• a pair of extended side covers for covering the top clamping rail;
• the extended side covers are made from wood;
• the extended side covers having a pair of extended inclined surfaces and a pair of extended vertical surfaces;
• the pair of extended vertical surfaces are adapted to adjoin the pair of mutually opposite vertical sidewalls by an attachment mechanism;
• the pair of extended inclined surfaces are adapted to conform to the pair of mutually opposite inclined sidewalls;
• a snap-in header for providing a support for the glass door;
• the snap-in header is made from wood;
• the snap-in header comprising an extended header base and an extended removable track;
• the extended header base comprising a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a recess;
• the extended removable track is adapted to snap into the recess of the extended header base;
• wherein the top clamping rail is rotatably coupled to the snap-in header, thereby allowing the glass door to rotate relative to the snap-in header.

A wood clad rail system for a glass door and a sidelite, the glass door having a top clamping rail and a bottom clamping rail, the top clamping rail having a pair of mutually opposite inclined sidewalls and a pair of mutually opposite vertical sidewalls, the top clamping rail and the bottom clamping rail holding a first glass pane, the sidelite having a second glass pane, an improvement to the system comprising:

• a pair of extended side covers for covering the top clamping rail;
• the extended side covers are made from wood;
• the extended side covers having a pair of extended inclined surfaces and a pair of extended vertical surfaces;
• the pair of extended vertical surfaces are adapted to adjoin the pair of mutually opposite vertical sidewalls by an attachment mechanism;
• the pair of extended inclined surfaces are adapted to conform to the pair of mutually opposite inclined sidewalls;
• a top rail system for holding a top of the second glass pane of the sidelite;
• the top rail system is made from wood;
• the top rail system comprises a top base track and a top glass holder track;
• the top glass holder track having a lower channel and a top surface;
• the top base track having a bottom surface;
• the lower channel is adapted to receive a top of the second glass pane;
• the top surface of the glass holder track is adapted to be coupled to the bottom surface of the top base track;
• wherein the top glass holder track is adapted to be longitudinally aligned with the top clamping rail and the pair of extended side covers.