Patent ID: 7861463

Claim:
A sliding door having a fixed panel and a sliding panel, said panels each having inner and outer vertical frame members, and a grab bar opener for moving said sliding panel, said grab bar opener comprising: an outside tube member having first and second ends and an inner wall; an inside tube member having first and second ends, said inside tube member being positioned within said outside tube member, said inside tube member being adapted to slide from a fully retracted configuration with said first end of said inside tube member being located adjacent said first end of said outside tube member to a fully extended configuration with said first end of said inside tube member being located adjacent said second end of said outside tube member; a first end stanchion member being attached to said outside tube member adjacent its first end; a second end stanchion member being attached to said inside tube member adjacent its second end; and a middle stanchion member being attached to said outside tube member adjacent its second end; said first end stanchion member and said middle stanchion member being attached to said outer and inner vertical frames, respectively, of said sliding panel portion by fastener means, and said second end stanchion member being attached to said outer vertical frame member of said fixed panel portion by fastener means.