Patent ID: 6938375

Claim:
A pocket door assembly comprising: a horizontal header assembly; a door slidingly mounted to the horizontal header assembly; a first and second vertical members coupled to the horizontal head assembly, the first and second vertical members defining an opening; a first plurality of coplanar members coupled to the first vertical member, a plane defined by the first plurality of coplanar members substantially parallel to a plane defined by the door; a second plurality of coplanar members coupled to the second vertical member and extending a same direction as the first plurality of coplanar members, a plane defined by the second plurality of coplanar members substantially parallel to the plane define by the door; wherein the first and second vertical members, and the first and second plurality of coplanar members, define a pocket into which the door slides; a first and second metallic members coupled between the first and second vertical member and the first and second set of coplanar members respectively; a handle coupled to the door and extending substantially perpendicularly any from the plane defined by the door, the handle extending a distance greater than a clearance between the door and one of the first and second vertical members; a latch assembly coupled within the door and in operational relationship to the handle; and one of the first and second vertical members defining an indention. the indention having a deflection toward a back of the pocket; wherein the handle resides at least partially in an area defined by the indention when the door is substantially within the pocket; and wherein the latch assembly latches the door in a closed position, and wherein the handle releases the latch assembly from a latched position when the handle is rotated.