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US 4,357,981 AGranted
Panic bar assembly
OwnerHenri M. R. Labelleinventor
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Abstract
A panic bar assembly for use with a folding door. The panic bar assembly has a panic bar moveable between an operative, horizontal position, with the door unfolded, and an inoperative diagonal position with the door folded. The panic bar moves between its operative horizontal position and its inoperative, diagonal position simultaneously with the folding and unfolding of the door.
Claims10
A panic bar assembly for use in a folding door:
- the assembly having first and second mounting members adapted to be mounted at the sides of a folding door, at least one of the mounting members mounted for movement in a vertical direction on the door;
- a panic bar mounted at its ends to the mounting members;
- and a pair of spaced-apart pivot means in the panic bar allowing the panic bar to move as a result of movement of the one mounting member when the mounting member is moved in a vertical direction on the door.
In combination;
- a folding door, a panic bar assembly for use with the folding door, the panic bar assembly having first and second mounting members mounted at the sides of the door, at least one of the mounting members mounted for movement in a vertical direction on the door, a panic bar mounted at its ends to the mounting members, and a pair of spaced-apart pivot means in the panic bar allowing the panic bar to move with the one mounting member when the mounting member is moved in a vertical direction on the door simultaneously with folding or unfolding of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.