Convertible door system
OwnerIgnatius Y. P. Leung, Adolfo A. Diazinventors
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Abstract
A hybrid sliding-pivoting door or window structure comprises one or more pairs of cooperative panels each including a first swinging panel and a second sliding panel. The sliding panel can be moved from a fully closed position in which it is end-to-end with the swinging panel to a semi-open position of the structure in which it is juxtaposed face-to-face with the swinging panel and both panels can then be swung as a unit to fully open the structure and provide substantially unimpeded access across the width of an opening in which the structure is located. The sliding panel is received in a fixed track section when in the fully closed position and moves into a swinging track section associated with the swinging panel.
Claims10
A closure structure, namely one of a door and window structure, for receipt in an opening in a building wall and the like comprising at least one pair of cooperative panels including a first panel having means for mounting same in the opening for swinging open and closed, and a second panel for sliding relative to the first panel between a fully closed position of the structure in which the panels are located substantially end-to-end, and a semi-opened position of the structure in which the panels are juxtaposed face-to-face, the structure further including track means on which the second panel slides between said positions, the track means including a first pivoted section juxtaposed the first panel for swinging movements sustantially in parellel therewith, and a second section for fixing in the opening end-to-end with the first section whereby the second panel can be slid along the track means between the respective sections thereof and when fully received in the first section can be swung open as a unit with the first section so as to provide substantially unobstructed access across the full width of the opening.
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