Patent ID: 7430832

Claim:
A sliding door comprising: a track including a longitudinal channel formed therein, and including a first end portion and a second end portion, a carrier slidably received in said longitudinal channel of said track, a door panel secured to said carrier and movable in concert with said carrier along said track, a first bracket attached to said second end portion of said track, and including a pathway formed therein, and including a pulley rotatably attached thereto, a cable having a first end secured to said first end portion of said track, and having a middle portion slidably engaged through said pathway of said first bracket, and having a second end secured to said carrier, said cable including at least one in-line spring member connecting two parts of said cable together, and said door panel and said carrier being movable along said track and movable from said second end portion toward said first end portion of said track, and said cable being engageable around said pulley of said first bracket, and said at least one spring member being provided to bias and to force said door panel and said carrier backward toward said second end portion of said track after said door panel and said carrier are moved from said second end portion toward said first end portion of said track and when said door panel is released.