Patent ID: 6497265
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A door assembly comprising:a first and a second hinged entry door, said hinged entry doors being substantially coplanar when in a closed position, said first hinged entry door further having an outwardly projecting handle, an inner and an outer screen door, said inner screen door having a height which is less than that of the outer screen door, and a track assembly for slidably guiding said inner and outer screen doors, said track assembly comprising a threshold baseplate for attachment to a doorway threshold, inner and outer spaced apart substantially parallel, upstanding tracks connected to the baseplate for engagably supporting the inner and outer screen doors, respectively, which tracks traverse substantially the entire length of the baseplate, said inner track further being vertically offset above the outer track to accommodate the height of the inner screen door and a threshold attachment means, wherein the spaced apart tracks are positioned on the baseplate such that when the baseplate is attached to the threshold using the threshold attachment means, the inner screen door supported on the inner track is spaced from the door sufficiently to enable at least one screen door to clear the door handle when the screen door is slid along the track.