Patent ID: 8006436

Claim:
A pair of interlocking bi-parting sliding doors comprising: a first sliding door and a second sliding door, wherein the first sliding door has a first top rail, a first bottom rail, a first end stile, and a first meeting stile, the first meeting stile including a first side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a first mating side portion for engaging at least a portion of the second sliding door, wherein the first mating side portion includes at least two recessed zones running vertically along at least a portion of a vertical height of the first mating side portion of the first sliding door, and wherein the first mating side portion includes at least two catching features running vertically along at least a portion of the vertical height of the first mating side portion of the first sliding door; and wherein the second sliding door has a second top rail, a second bottom rail, a second end stile, and a second meeting stile, the second meeting stile including a second side portion for maintaining a door glass panel and a second mating side portion for engaging the first mating side portion of the first sliding door, wherein the second mating side portion includes at least two extensions running vertically along at least a portion of a vertical height of the second mating side portion of the second sliding door, and wherein the second mating side portion includes a hooking feature running vertically along at least a portion of the vertical height of the second mating side portion of the second sliding door, wherein the hooking feature is sufficiently designed to engage with the catching features so as to effect engagement of the first sliding door with the second sliding door under a wind load, wherein when the first sliding door and the second sliding door are in a closed position, the plurality of extensions interlock with the plurality of recessed zones.