Wood Clad Rail System for Glass Doors and SideLites
OwnerYuval Al Einiinventor
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Abstract
A wood clad rail system for glass doors and sidelites for holding panels, such as a glass pane in a door, sidelite, or wall partition. The rail system for the glass door, may include a pair of metal clamping rails, covered by wood clad attachments such as side covers or end caps, to hold the glass pane from the top and bottom of the glass pane. A snap-in header can be coupled to the clamping rail from the top through a pivot. The wood clad rail system can be incorporated into a complete wall partition that includes doors and sidelites.
Claims20
A cover apparatus for a sliding glass door rail holding a glass door, having an outward facing wall, the cover comprising:
- a core rail of the sliding glass door rail comprising a support rack supporting a pair of extended clamps configured to securely hold the glass door;
- the core rail having a first vertical extended wall and an opposing second vertical extended wall, together defining a width greater than the pair of extended clamps;
- a first side cover comprising an elongated body and having a first notch facing the first vertical extended wall and configured for the first vertical extended wall to seat in the first notch in its entirety;
- a second side cover comprising an elongated body and having a second notch facing the second vertical extended wall and configured for the second vertical extended wall to seat in the second notch in its entirety.
A cover apparatus for a sliding glass door rail holding a glass door, having an outward facing wall, the cover comprising:
- a core rail of the sliding glass door rail comprising a support rack supporting a pair of extended clamps configured to securely hold the glass door;
- the core rail having a first vertical extended wall and an opposing second vertical extended wall, together defining a width greater than the pair of extended clamps;
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- a side cover comprising an elongated body and having a notch facing the first vertical extended wall and configured for the first vertical extended wall to seat in the first notch in its entirety.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.