Sliding door and track assembly
OwnerMaricela Sanchezinventor
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a simple, integral, sliding door track and hook assembly for a box or carrier. The door track and hook assembly includes a frame having a pair of tracks, a panel in slidable engagement with the pair of tracks, a slot present in the pair of tracks. The door (or panel) and track assembly is configured to arrest the panel in a fixed position when the panel is in an open arrangement without the need for additional hardware to keep it open. The invention eliminates or minimizes use of hardware. The hook portion of the assembly has no lock mechanism, and no special door is required.
Claims10
A door and box assembly comprising:
- a box having six faces, wherein a front vertical face of the six faces has an opening to include a door track and hook assembly, the door track and hook assembly comprising:
- a frame including a top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge, wherein the first side edge and the second side edge are opposing side edges, wherein the opposing side edges are laid between the top edge and the bottom edge, and wherein the opposing side edges include a pair of tracks that are integrally built in the opposing side edges and vertically aligned;
- a panel capable of slidable engagement with the pair of tracks, wherein a first side edge and a second side edge of the panel engage with, and slide in, the pair of tracks, and wherein the panel forms a door for the opening;
- a plurality of slots spaced apart and integrally built in each track of the pair of tracks to accommodate a plurality of open positions of the panel, wherein a bottom edge of the panel rests in the plurality of slots to provide the plurality of open positions;
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- an indentation formed in an uppermost section of the pair of tracks, wherein the indentation is configured to provide a resting place for the panel in an open position of the plurality of open positions of the door track and hook assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.