Patent ID: 7712258
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: E05C,E05D,E05Y,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Suspension system and sliding panel assembly comprising at least one vertically positioned sliding panel, said sliding panel having an upper frame and a bottom, a bearing assembly connected to said upper frame of said sliding panel, a bottom guide for said sliding panel connected to said bottom of said sliding panel, said bearing assembly including at least two sets of bearings, each of said sets of bearings comprising a pair of wheels mounted perpedicularly to the plane of said panel and each of said wheels being operable to move in a respective concave track, a hanger connected and centrally hung between each of said pair of wheels, said hanger running parallel to the plane of said sliding panel a distance at least substantially as long as the length between said sets of bearings, said hanger being received within a wedge, said wedge extending for a distance at least as long as said hanger, said wedge being operably mounted between said panel and said bearing assembly, either of said wedge or said bearing assembly being movable relative to the other of said wedge and bearing assembly with said other of said wedge or hanger being stationary relative to said panel and being operably attached to said panel, said sliding panel being hung from said hanger such that the weight of said panel acts principally through said hanger and applies substantially equal loading to each of said pair of wheels, said wheels having rounded convex circumferences which are complementary to and which run within said concave track.