Door
OwnerRalph T. Sorenseninventor
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Abstract
A door for an interior doorway and including a pliable panel fully occupying the doorway opening and secured to one edge thereof. A rigid, diagonal member is pivotally mounted at one end and attached to the pliable panel so as to position same to normally close the doorway. The rigid member extends upwardly and diagonally terminating at a doorway corner wherein a keeper is located. A portion of the pliable panel is normally tensioned by the inclined rigid member while a remaining panel portion is suspended from the rigid member.
Claims4
A door for use within an interior door frame of a building structure, said door comprising,
- an elongate rigid member inclined so as to have its ends positionable adjacent diagonally opposite corners of a doorway,
- a pliable closure panel for normally occupying the door frame opening to substantially close same and affixed to said rigid member, one side of said closure panel adapted for attachment to an upright member of the door frame, a portion of said pliable closure panel is normally tensioned by said elongate rigid member with a remaining portion of said panel being suspended from said rigid member, and
- pivot means supporting one end of said rigid member to permit opening and closing movement thereof when said rigid member is manually displaced during door opening.
The door claimed in claim 4 wherein said pivot means is of the ball-and-socket type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.