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US 4,379,585 AGranted
External door for vehicles
OwnerLeonard Strickinventor
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A roll-up door assembly for a vehicle body having a roof, a pair of opposed sidewalls and an end wall including an opening into the interior of the body and over which the door assembly is disposed. The door assembly is located externally of the body adjacent the opening and includes a sliding door which is slidable from a stored position above the roof to a pivoted open position wherein the door covers the opening but is pivoted outward from the opening about a pivot axis located adjacent the bottom of the opening. The door is pivotable to a pivoted closed position wherein the door is pivoted toward the opening to fully close the opening. The door is located within fixedly mounted track means when in the stored position. The fixedly mounted track means are mounted externally of the body adjacent the roof and the sidewalls. The door is rolled into pivotable track means when it is in either the pivoted open or pivoted close position. The pivotable track means are pivotable about a pivot axis between the pivoted open and pivoted close position. In the pivoted open position, the movable track means communicate with the fixed track means to enable the door to be moved from the former to the latter and vice versa.
In a vehicle body for holding cargo therein having a first end, a pair of opposed sidewalls and a roof, said first end including an opening communicating with the interior of said body, the improvement comprising an externally disposed sliding door assembly, said door assembly including sliding door means movable from a stored position above said roof to a pivoted open position wherein said door means covers said opening but is pivoted outward from said opening about a pivot axis located adjacent the bottom of said opening, said door being pivotable to a pivoted closed position wherein said door is pivoted toward said opening to fully close said opening.
In a vehicle having a body for holding cargo therein, said body comprising a first end wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls and a roof, said first end wall including an opening to the interior of said body, an improved door assembly for closing and locking said opening, said door assembly comprising slidable door means, first track means fixedly mounted along said roof and one of said sidewalls, second track means fixedly mounted along said roof and the other of said sidewalls, each of said track means having an open end located adjacent said body opening, first movable track means having an open end and mounted along one of said sidewalls on one side of said body opening, second movable track means having an open end mounted along the other sidewall on an opposed side of said body opening, said first and second movable track means being pivotable in unison from a locked position, wherein said movable track means are substantially vertical with their respective open ends displaced laterally of the open ends of said fixedly mounted first and second track means, to an unlocked position wherein said movable track means are pivoted outwardly from said body, with the open ends of said first and second fixedly mounted track means in communication with the open ends of said first and second pivotably mounted track means, said slidable door means being arranged to be moved along said fixedly track means from a position located above said roof into said pivotable track means when said track means are in the pivoted open position to cover said opening and enable the movable track means with the door means therein to be pivoted to said locked position to close said bodyopening.
In a vehicle body for holding cargo therein and having a first end wall, second end wall, a pair of opposed sidewalls and a roof, said first end wall including an opening and said second end wall including an opening, each of said openings in communication with the interior of said body, the improvement comprising a first externally disposed sliding door assembly located adjacent said first opening and a second externally disposed sliding door assembly located adjacent said second opening, each of said door assemblies including sliding door means slidable from a stored position above said roof to a pivoted open position wherein said door means covers the associated opening but is pivoted outward from said opening about a pivot axis located adjacent the bottom of said opening, said door means being pivotable to a pivoted closed position wherein said door means is pivoted toward said opening to close said opening and thereby lock cargo within said body.
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