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US 8,756,865 B2Granted
Door systems and methods
AssigneeAnthony International
InventorsJeffrey William Nicholson, Aaron Anthony Sanchez, Paul J. Artwohl
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Abstract
A door system can have a door that can both slide and pivot open. The door can be positioned in a door frame. The door can slide within the door frame using tracks, rollers, and/or guides. The door can be prevented from swinging open while the door is sliding along the doorframe. The door can swing open along a pivot point when a side of the door substantially abuts a side of the doorframe. The door can be prevented from sliding while door is swung open.
Claims14
A door system comprising:
- a doorframe having a top frame, a bottom frame, a first side frame extending between the top frame and the bottom frame, and a second side frame extending between the top frame and the bottom frame, and the bottom frame including one or more sliding guides and one or more pivot guides;
- a first door of one or more doors movably coupleable to the doorframe, each of the one or more doors having an upper end, a lower end, a first side extending between the upper end and the lower end, and a second side extending between the upper end and the lower end, the lower end of the first door comprising a u-channel configured to slidably receive the one or more sliding guides therethrough as the first door is slid from side to side relative to the doorframe, the u-channel having one or more cutouts on side surfaces thereof sized to allow the one or more sliding guides to pass through the one or more cutouts when the first door is pivotably moved relative to the doorframe;
- a carrier assembly coupled to each of the one or more doors and having a first end and a second end, the carrier assembly interposed between the upper end of the first door and the top frame of the doorframe, the carrier assembly configured to movably couple the first door to the doorframe, the second end of the carrier assembly coupled to the upper end of the first door proximate the second side of the first door so as to provide a pivot point that at least partially defines a pivot axis of the first door, the first end of the carrier assembly configured to releasably couple to the upper end of the first door via a guide point assembly proximate the first side of the first door so as to releasably lock the first door in an orientation along a sliding plane defined by the doorframe;
- wherein the carrier assembly is configured to move between the first side frame and the second side frame, the first door being configured to slide between the first side frame and the second side frame along with the carrier assembly such that the u-channel slides along the one or more sliding guides of the bottom frame;
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- wherein, when the second side of the first door and the second end of the carrier assembly substantially abut the second side frame, the one or more sliding guides of the bottom frame are generally aligned with the one or more cutouts of the u-channel, and one of the one or more pivot guides of the bottom frame at least partially engages a recess of the u-channel, thereby allowing the first door to pivot out from the doorframe about the pivot axis, the first door configured to separate from the carrier assembly at the guide point assembly.
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A door comprising:
- a door movably coupleable to a doorframe, the door having an upper end, a lower end, a first side extending between the upper end and the lower end, and a second side extending between the upper end and the lower end, the lower end of the door comprising a u-channel configured to slidably receive one or more sliding guides connected to the doorframe therethrough as the door is slid from side to side relative to the doorframe, the u-channel having one or more cutouts on side surfaces thereof sized to allow the one or more sliding guides to pass therethrough when the door is pivotably moved relative to the doorframe;
- a carrier assembly having a first end and a second end, the carrier assembly configured to movably couple the upper end of the door to the doorframe, the carrier assembly releasably coupleable to the upper end of the door at a guide point assembly near the first side of the door, and the carrier assembly additionally coupled to the upper end of the door at a pivot point near the second side of the door;
- wherein, when the second side of the door abuts a side of the doorframe, the one or more sliding guides connected to the doorframe are generally aligned with the one or more cutouts of the u-channel and one of the one or more pivot guides of the doorframe at least partially engages a recess of the u-channel such that the door can pivot out from the doorframe about a pivot axis defined by the pivot point and the pivot guide, the door configured to separate from the carrier assembly at the guide point assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.