Bidirectional swinging screen door and frame assembly

A pivoting screen door receivable within a patio doorway to selectively occlude a patio doorway opening that is formed by retracting the sliding patio door within the patio doorway, the pivoting screen door comprising in combination:

• a secondary frame, said secondary frame adapted to be affixed to the doorway in a position completely surrounding the opening;
• a screen frame;
• a screen panel at least partially bordered by said screen frame;
• and
• at least one hinge coupled to said screen frame and said secondary frame, such that said hinge pivotably couples said screen frame and said screen panel to said secondary frame and said patio doorway.

A pivoting screen door receivable within a patio doorway in a manner selectively occluding an opening of the doorway, the pivoting screen door comprising in combination:

• a screen frame;
• a screen panel at least partially bordered by said screen frame;
• means to pivotably attach said screen frame to the patio doorway;
• means to bias said door toward a closed position spaced from an open position, said closed position at least partially occluding the opening, said closed position occluding a greater portion of the opening than said open position;
• means to detain said door in an at least partially open position said detaining means sufficiently neutralizing said biasing means to allow said door to remain in said at least partially open position;
• and
• wherein said screen door further includes a means to elevate said door when said door moves away from said closed position and toward said open position.

A pivoting screen door receivable within a patio doorway in a manner selectively occluding an opening in the doorway, the screen door comprising in combination:

• a screen frame;
• a screen panel at least partially bordered by said screen frame;
• at least one hinge coupled to said screen frame and the patio doorway;
• and
• said hinge oriented adjacent a pivoting axis between said screen frame and the patio doorway, at least one diagonally sloping surface between mutually abutting surfaces coupled to said screen frame and coupled to the patio doorway, said diagonally sloping surface oriented to cause the screen frame to be elevated when said screen frame rotates from a more closed position to a more opened position, said more closed position occluding a greater portion of the opening in the patio doorway than said more open position.

A pivoting screen door receivable within a patio doorway in a manner selectively occluding an opening of the doorway, the pivoting screen door comprising in combination:

• a screen frame;
• a screen panel at least partially bordered by said screen frame;
• means to pivotably attach said screen frame to the patio doorway;
• and
• wherein said screen door further includes a means to elevate said door when said door moves away from said closed position and toward said open position.