Patent ID: 6823927
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B64C,E05D,E05F,E05Y,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A door system comprising:walls defining a pocket therebetween; a facing wall spaced apart from the pocket; a door panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the door panel comprising a first door section and a second door section, each of the door sections having an edge face, the two door sections biased such that their edge faces are flush to one another, the door sections having substantially the same thickness, the door panel having width about equal to the distance between the pocket and the facing wall; means to moveably mount the door panel to the walls defining the pocket so as to move the door panel between an open position, in which the door panel is substantially within the pocket to a closed position wherein the leading edge of the door panel is flush against the facing wall and the trailing edge is adjacent the pocket; first pivoting hinge means at the trailing edge of the door panel for engaging the means to moveably mount the door panel such that the door panel may rotatably pivot about an axis defined by the first pivoting hinge means when the door panel is in the closed position; and second pivoting hinge means for securing the first door section to the second door section such that in a first position the edge faces are flush one to the other and the two door sections are coplanar and define a seam therebetween and a second position such that the two door sections are non-coplanar, said second pivoting hinge means defining an axis parallel to the axis of the first pivoting hinge means and between the trailing edge of the door and the leading edge of the door.