Patent ID: 7117916
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A shielded door system mountable to a door jamb, the door system comprising a pair of tracks, each of which include a vertical track section and a horizontal track section connected by a transition track section supported at least partially by the door jamb, the jamb and said transition track section defining a transition space therebetween, a door movable on said tracks, a counterbalance assembly operably connected to said door and a pair of transition shields including, a plate-like member having a vertically extending forward edge configured to fit proximate the jamb and extending rearward an extent sufficient to overlie at least a portion of each said transition track section to cover said transition space, wherein said transition shields bound said counterbalance assembly and wherein no moving parts of the door system extend outwardly from said transition shields.