Patent ID: 8186104

Claim:
A rail system for a horizontally sliding door or window having a construction casing and at least one slidable panel the system comprising: a disc fixed to the construction casing; and at least one track on which the at least one slidable panel slides, each track comprising: at least two track segments, each track segment having a length shorter than the width of the at least one slidable panel and having an arcuate notch at the edge of an end of the track segments corresponding to the disc for removably securing the track to the casing; a spacer disposed between adjacent track segments, the total length of each spacer and one of each of its adjacent track segments is greater than the width of the at least one slidable panel; and a track segment assembly mechanism for allowing the track segments to be removed and re-inserted into the construction casing, whereby removal and re-installation of one of the track segments is enabled for facilitating cleaning thereof without removal of the at least one slidable panel.