Adjustable pet door
AssigneePatio Pacific, Inc.
InventorE. Alan Lethers
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Abstract
A panel pet door is an insert into a sliding glass door and has a panel door frame and a movable door flap assembly mounted on the panel door frame. The door flap assembly can slide vertically on the panel door frame along tracks in the vertical stiles of the panel door frame. A plurality of riser spacer panels are also mounted on the panel door frame and are also vertically slidable on the frame via the vertical tracks. The door flap assembly and spacers are selectively removable and replaceable to effect a change in the rise of the door flap assembly and the height of the door flap assembly.
Claims21
An adjustable panel door, comprising:
- a panel door frame having a top cross piece and a bottom cross piece;
- a portal assembly positioned between said top cross piece
- and said bottom piece, wherein the portal assembly comprises
- two vertical frame members, a top frame member and a bottom frame member;
- and
- an adjustable rise wherein at least one spacer panel is removably positioned adjacent to said portal assembly for adjusting said rise, wherein the rise is adjustable by adjusting a distance between the top cross piece and the bottom frame member of the portal assembly by adding or removing the at least one spacer panel.
An adjustable panel door comprising:
- a panel door frame having a top cross piece and a bottom cross piece;
- a portal assembly positioned between said top cross piece and said bottom piece, wherein the portal assembly comprises two vertical frame members, a top frame member and a bottom frame member;
- and
- an adjustable rise wherein a plurality of spacer panels are removably positioned adjacent to said portal assembly for adjusting the rise, wherein the rise is adjustable by adjusting a distance between the top cross piece and the bottom frame member of the portal assembly by adding or removing at least one of the spacer panels.
An adjustable panel door comprising:
- a panel door frame having a top cross piece and a bottom cross piece,
- a portal assembly having a width, a height, and an adjustable rise, wherein the portal assembly comprises two vertical frame members, a top frame member and a bottom frame member, wherein the rise is adjustable by adjusting a distance between the top cross piece and the bottom frame member of the portal assembly;
- and
- a plurality of spacer panels wherein said spacer panels are removably located adjacent to said portal assembly for adjusting the rise by adding or removing at least one of the spacer panels.
A method of assembling a panel door having a frame, a portal assembly, a plurality of spacer panels, and a rise, comprising:
- a) arranging said plurality of spacer panels adjacent to said portal assembly, wherein the portal assembly comprises two vertical frame members, a top frame member and a bottom frame member;
- and
- b) inserting at least one of said spacer panels and said portal assembly into said frame, wherein said spacer panels are for adjusting the rise, wherein said frame comprises a top cross piece and a bottom cross piece, wherein the rise is adjustable by adjusting a distance between the top cross piece and the bottom frame member of the portal assembly by adding or removing at least one of the spacer panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.