Patent ID: 8087533

Claim:
A method for providing a removable sliding access door for an ice storage bin, the method comprising: providing an upper track adapted to receive an upper edge of an access door, wherein the upper track comprises at least one recess adapted to receive a protrusion associated with the access door; providing a lower opposing track adapted to receive another edge of the access door, wherein alignment of the upper track and the lower opposing track defines an access opening plane; providing the access door adapted to slide on the upper track and the lower track, wherein the access door comprises the protrusion perpendicular to the upper edge of the access door and the protrusion is adapted to mount within at least one recess associated with the upper track; and sliding the access door perpendicular to the upper track while the upper edge of the access door is maintained within the upper track, wherein the protrusion is aligned and engaged with the at least one recess, and wherein the access door is removed from the lower track to facilitate removal of the access door from the upper track.