Patent ID: 6415565
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: E05B,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A support brace for structurally linking a sliding door to a surrounding structure, the sliding door having a panel that slides in a frame of the surrounding structure, in a direction parallel to a plane of the panel, the support brace comprising:an elongated rail having a first end and a second end, said rail defining a channel along at least part of a length of the rail, the channel having flanges spaced in a direction perpendicular to said plane of the panel, such that the channel extends around opposite sides on an edge of the panel, whereby the rail is affixable to the panel at the edge, with said first end positioned adjacent to one end edge of said sliding door and said second end positioned adjacent to an opposite end edge of said sliding door; at least one bolt slidingly secured to said rail and including a locking rod wherein said bolt can be slid along said rail between a first position wherein said locking rod projects beyond one of said first and second ends of said rail, and a second position wherein one of said first and second ends of said rail projects beyond said locking rod; and at least one lock plate including an opening defined through a portion of said plate, said opening being arranged in aligned relation to said locking rod so that when said bolt is slid from said second position to said first position, said locking rod is received in said opening.