Patent ID: 8316913
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A laterally sliding screen door comprising: a pair of elongated frame members extending parallel to each other and in an up-and-down direction, the frame members being mounted so that a gap between them can be increased and reduced; a net formed so as to be capable of being stretched and contracted in a left-and-right direction by folding back the net in alternately opposite directions from plural folds which extend in the up-and-down direction and in a parallel relation to each other, the net having left and right ends extending in the up-and-down direction, the left and right ends being mounted to the frame members, respectively, the net being stretched so that its width can be modified by increasing or reducing an interval between the frame members; an elongated net guide for guiding one or both of upper and lower ends of the net in the direction in which the net can be stretched and contracted; a stretched cord inserted in the end or ends of the net guided by the net guide such that the cord extends in the direction in which the net can be stretched and contracted; and a net-holding member for holding the stretched cord, the net-holding member being movable engaged to the net guide longitudinally of the net guide, wherein said net-holding member has one engaging supportive leg having first and second ends; wherein the net guide has a rail portion longitudinally of the net guide, wherein the net-holding member has a hinge portion arranged along the folds of the net, a pair of stretched cord-anchoring portions are configured to be rotatable about the hinge portion and disposed along two flat surfaces of the net provided therebetween which are adjacent to each other on opposite sides of the folds, and an engagement portion engaged to the rail portion of the net guide movably along the rail portion, wherein each of the stretched cord-anchoring portions of the pair is provided with a hole through which the stretched cord is passed, whereby the stretched cord is held by the net-holding member, wherein said engaging supportive leg is possessed by said net-holding member, and each of the stretched cord-anchoring portions of the pair is connected to the engaging supportive leg via said hinge portion, and wherein the pair of stretched cord-anchoring portions are rotatable about the hinge portion and connected to each other only in the hinge portion, so that, in accordance with changes in angle of two flat surfaces of the net which are adjacent to each other on opposite sides of the folds, each of the pair of stretched cord-anchoring portions opens and closes respectively along the two flat surfaces of the net with the hinge portion being taken as a center, such that the two flat surfaces of the net remain between the pair of stretched cord-anchoring portions and the stretched cord-anchoring portions are not connected to each other except for the connection at the hinge portion.