Patent ID: 8297334
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A47H,E06B

Abstract:
1. A sliding panel comprising: a rail set having at least one C-shaped rail extending in a longitudinal direction, at least one C-shaped rail channel opening on a bottom thereof, the channel opening extending in a horizontal direction; a first carrier track and a second carrier track mounted under the rail, each carrier track having a panel attached thereto and the first and second carrier tracks being side by side under the channel opening of the at least one rail and being slidable parallel to one another; at least one pair of connectors, each connector having an L-shape with first and second portions, one connector of the pair being on a top surface of the first carrier track while another of the connectors of the pair being on a top surface of the second carrier track, each of the first portions of the pair of connectors extending toward the at least one rail while the second portions of the pair of connectors extend away from one another, the first portion of the pair of connectors being inserted through the channel opening of the rail and each of the connectors of the pair of connectors being attached to a pair of runners inside the channel, a center of each runner of one pair of runners being a same distance from the channel opening and being in a same horizontal plane, the runners with the connectors being simultaneously movable along the at least one rail such that the first and second carrier tracks slide in parallel under the channel for extending or retracting the panels, when retracted, the panels are at one end of the at least one rail and lengths of the panels in the longitudinal direction of the at least one rail are completely overlapping, each of the connectors of the pair of connectors being offset relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of the rail when the panels are retracted and overlapping.