Patent ID: 8499496
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A system for use with a wall defining a doorway, the wall having a longitudinal length, a height and a lateral thickness, and a door having a width, a height and a thickness, the system comprising: a first support assembly for holding the door spaced from the wall while allowing the door to slide parallel to the wall, said first support assembly including a first portion secured, in use, to said wall, to define a longitudinal axis; and a second portion secured to said door and mounted to the first portion in a manner to support said door against pivotal movement about said longitudinal axis and to permit longitudinal movement of the door between a retracted position wherein the door is spaced away from said doorway and an extended position wherein the door lies across said doorway; wherein the first portion is a housing secured to said wall, the second portion is an elongate guide bar secured to said door, the wall comprises a panel mounted between longitudinally extending upper and lower extruded aluminum connectors each of which has peripherally-grooved protuberances extending vertically therefrom and at least one longitudinally extending channel defined therein, the housing is an extruded elongate aluminum cylindrical tube having a longitudinal opening and is secured lengthwise along and to the wall, adjacent said lower connector, and a second support operatively mounting said door to said wall to support said door and to prevent said pivotal movement of said door about said longitudinal axis while permitting said longitudinal movement of the door, wherein the second support is an aluminum extrusion and has a laterally extending leg which engages in said longitudinally extending channel of said upper connector, so as to be rigidly secured to the wall above the door.