Adjustable curved door assembly
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsGerald Hayes, Jeff Ferris
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A door assembly compensates for any deflection of the track which may occur with a heavy door material and/or a curved door support track. In particular, the present disclosure provides track mounting assemblies which can be tilted in order to “fine tune” the orientation of the door with respect to the surrounding support structure, e.g., the bathtub or shower base threshold. If the curved track deflects from the weight of one or more sliding doors, the track can be tilted to ensure that the door remains level and functions as intended.
Claims17
A sliding door assembly comprising:
- a door;
- a support track slideably supporting the door, the support track having axial ends with a longitudinal extent therebetween, and a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the longitudinal extent, the cross-sectional shape defining a first pivot area and an adjuster engagement area spaced from the first pivot area, the cross-sectional shape having a first substantially parallel wall and a second substantially parallel wall;
- a pair of rollers each rotatably coupled to a top portion of the door and rollingly received on the support track, each of the pair of rollers is received on an upper surface of the support track;
- and
- a track mounting assembly fixable to an adjacent support surface, the track mounting assembly comprising:
- a support body including a track slot sized to receive the support track, the track slot defining a second pivot area adapted to pivotably engage with the first pivot area, the track slot having a first linear wall and a second linear wall;
- and
- a tilt adjuster engaging the adjuster engagement area of the support track to selectively adjust a tilt of the support track and hold the support track at a desired tilt angle within the track slot, wherein the desired tilt angle is defined by one of the first linear wall and the second linear wall of the track slot and one of the first substantially parallel wall or the second substantially parallel wall of the support track.
A sliding door adjustment mechanism comprising:
- a support body having a tapered track slot having a cross-section defining a vertical extent and a horizontal extent perpendicular to the vertical extent, the cross-section including a narrow portion defining a pivot area at one vertical end of the tapered track slot and a wide portion defining an adjuster area at an opposing vertical end of the tapered track slot;
- a support track of a sliding door having a first end pivotably received within the tapered track slot along the longitudinal axis of the tapered track slot, wherein a first portion of the support track is pivotable about a pivot point in the pivot area of the support body and a second portion of the track is moveable within the adjuster area of the support body, the support track having:
- a first angular configuration wherein the support track defines a first angle with respect to an inner wall of the tapered track slot;
- a second angular configuration wherein the support track defines a second angle with respect to the inner wall of the tapered track slot, the first angle different from the second angle whereby the support track is angularly adjustable about the pivot point in the tapered track slot;
- and
- a support anchor coupled to the support body and adapted to be fixed to an adjacent support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.