Patent ID: 8881460

Claim:
A sliding door system comprising: a door comprising a glass panel; at least one roller unit connected to the door and projecting from a plane of the glass panel of the door, the roller unit defining a groove on a circumferential surface thereof; and a structural transom comprising a glass panel body, main surfaces of the glass panel body positioned generally vertically, the glass panel body adapted to be supported above an opening, at least one slot defined in the glass panel body and having a lower edge surface of glass and an upper edge surface of glass vertically above and parallel to the lower edge surface, the at least one slot being generally horizontal when the glass panel body is installed, the at least one slot having a height defined between the lower edge surface and the upper edge surface, the slot receiving diametrically opposed portions of the roller unit with the lower edge surface and the upper edge surface of the slot being in the groove of the roller unit, wherein the door is supported by the structural transom via the roller unit, the slot having a length for allowing a translation of the door to open and to close the opening by movement of the at least one roller unit in the slot.