Multiple section suspended bath doors with a lower stabilizer
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorThomas J. Husting
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Abstract
A door system includes a sill having a ledge extending across the bottom of an opening to a bathing enclosure and having a raised lip along an exterior side of the ledge. A pair of parallel tracks are above the opening with a first door suspended from and slidable along the first track freely above the ledge. A second door and a third door are suspended from and slidable along the second track being freely suspended above the ledge. A pair of door retainers are attached to the first door and engage the other doors to prevent the doors from swinging into each other. A stop member is attached to the sill on an interior side of the ledge to retain three doors above the ledge between the stop member and the raised lip.
Claims25
A door system for a bathing enclosure having a fixture that has raised barrier above which is an opening, said door system for selectively closing the opening and comprising:
- a track assembly extending above the raised barrier;
- a first door and a second door both of which are suspended from and slidable along said track assembly, and which are freely suspended above a portion of the raised barrier enabling said first and second doors to swing with respect to each other;
- a third door suspended from and slidable along the track assembly;
- a first door retainer attached to said first door and having a projection extending under said second door and upward on a side of said second door that is remote from said first door, said first door retainer restricting how much said second door may swing away from said first door;
- a first wing extending along a vertical edge of said first door;
- a second wing extending along a vertical edge of said second door, wherein the first wing abuts the second wing to prevent said first door and said second door from sliding entirely past one another;
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- a stop member attached to the raised barrier and retaining said first door above the portion of the raised barrier.
A door system for a bathing enclosure having an opening between two side jambs, said door system comprising:
- a sill defining a lower boundary of the opening and having a ledge extending between the two side jambs and a raised lip extending along an exterior side of the ledge;
- a track assembly extending above the opening;
- a first door and a second door suspended from and slidable in parallel paths along said track assembly, and freely suspended above the ledge enabling said first and second doors to swing with respect to each other;
- a door retainer attached to said first door and having a projection extending under said second door and upward on a side of said second door that is remote from said first door thereby forming a channel within which said second door slides, said first door retainer restricting how much said second door may swing away from said first door;
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- a stop member attached to the sill on an interior side of the ledge to retain said first and second doors above the ledge between the stop member and the raised lip.
A door system for a bathing enclosure having an opening between two side jambs, said door system comprising:
- a sill defining a lower boundary of the opening and having a ledge extending between the side jambs and a raised lip extending along an exterior side of the ledge;
- a first track and a second track extending parallel to each other above the opening between the two side jambs;
- a first door suspended from and slidable along said first track, and freely suspended above the ledge;
- a second door and a third door suspended from and slidable along said second track, and freely suspended above the ledge;
- a first door retainer and a second door retainer attached to said first door, wherein said first door retainer has a first projection extending under said second door and upward on a side of said second door that is remote from said first door thereby forming a channel within which said second door slides, and wherein said second door retainer has a second projection extending under said third door and upward on a side of said third door that is remote from said first door thereby forming another channel within which said third door slides;
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- a stop member attached to the sill on an interior side of the ledge to retain said first door, said second door and said third door above the ledge between said stop member and the raised lip.
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