Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
049128000 | COLLINEAR CLOSURES, ONE MOVES TO OFFSET POSITION | 21 |
20100115845 | SASH WINDOW - The invention relates to an improved sash window including a window frame ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100199563 | MECHANISM FOR THE ALIGNED CLOSURE OF SLIDING DOORS, IN PARTICULAR FOR UNITS OF FURNITURE OR COMPARTMENTS WITH TWO OR MORE DOORS - The invention regards to a mechanism for the aligned closure of sliding doors ( | 08-12-2010 |
20110030277 | WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame configured to mount to a transit vehicle, a fixed window panel affixed to a portion of the frame, and a movable window assembly having a movable window panel circumscribed by a movable frame. The movable frame has opposite end members and a pair of opposite slide rail members. The slide rail members are slidably received in respective channels along opposite portions of the frame. Each of the slide rail members includes a co-extruded slide rail having a semi-rigid or rigid rail portion, a flexible window seal co-extruded with the rail portion for sealing against the movable window panel, and a flexible sliding seal co-extruded with the rail portion for slidably engaging the opposite portions of the frame when the movable window assembly is assembled to the frame and is moved between its opened and closed positions. | 02-10-2011 |
20120124909 | FLUSH PANEL ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A LIFT AND SLIDE DOOR - A fenestration assembly includes a first panel movably coupled within a frame. The first panel includes a first panel exterior surface and a first panel interior surface. A second panel is coupled within the frame. A first escutcheon is coupled along one of the first panel exterior surface or the first panel interior surface. The first escutcheon is flush mounted relative to the first panel exterior surface or the first panel interior surface, and the first escutcheon faces the second panel. A panel adjustment mechanism is disposed within the first panel and is configured to move the first panel from a static orientation to a movable orientation. The panel adjustment mechanism is accessible through the first escutcheon. The first panel is coextensive with the second panel in an open position, and the first escutcheon is concealed between the first and second panels. | 05-24-2012 |
049129000 | Moved closure has additional movement | 2 |
20110072724 | Door Package - A door package includes a door frame, a door, a handle, and a pivot plate. The frame has a top portion that includes tracks in which door panels can slide. The door includes two or more equal size door panels. The handle protrudes in a direction essentially perpendicular to the door panels and is connected to a latch mechanism for positively engaging with a corresponding latch mechanism in the door frame when the door is in a closed position. The pivot plate is attached to the floor and allows the door panels to pivot from a retracted position to a broken open position essentially perpendicular to the plane of the door. At least two of the door panels separate from each other while the door is pivoting from the retracted position to the broken open position, to allow the handle to be accommodated between the two door panels. | 03-31-2011 |
20110214350 | SLIDING DOOR WITH LARGE OPENING - A door assembly includes a track, a track header, a fixed door panel, at least two sliding door panels, a pivot mechanism, and a lock arrangement. The sliding door panels are slidably movable on the track between (1) a closed position wherein the sliding door panels are extended across the track, and (2) an open position wherein the sliding door panels are constructed and arranged to be in a compact, overlapping relationship with each other and the fixed door panel. The pivot mechanism is constructed and arranged to enable pivotal movement of the track with fixed door panel and the two sliding door panels mounted thereon about a pivot axis from a normal configuration to a breakaway configuration. The lock arrangement is constructed and arranged to releasably lock the track with respect to the track header to prevent pivotal movement of the track away from the normal configuration. | 09-08-2011 |
049130000 | Horizontal sliding | 15 |
20080302016 | System For Positioning Sliding Doors - Presented herein is a novel sliding door system that that enables adjustment of at least two sliding doors relative to each other such that surfaces of the sliding doors create a substantially flush surface a support onto which the sliding door mechanism is mounted. The system includes at least one inner and outer sliding door slidably coupled to corresponding guide rails. The guide rail that is coupled to the outer sliding door is selectably moveable by a sliding door mechanism between a first and a second position. In the first position, a user can slide outer and inner sliding doors along said guide rails, whereas in the second position, a surface of the outer sliding door is substantially flush with a surface of said inner sliding door. | 12-11-2008 |
20090025296 | Sliding door and window operating system - A novel sliding door and window operating system is especially conducive for use on sliding patio doors and larger window panels. The system uses a small motor to electrically power and rotate a lead screw enclosed within a casing. A guide block on the lead screw is positioned within an opening, inset into the door or window panel which is to be slideably moved. The motor is actuated by use of a switch. The motor rotates the lead screw which in turn moves the guide block back and forth longitudinally within the casing. As the guide block is located within the inset opening of the door or window panel, as the guide block moves it carries the panel along with it, thus opening and closing the panel. | 01-29-2009 |
20100083577 | Quickly Slideable And Incrementally Adjustable Barrier - A barrier for the inside of a home. The barrier includes two partitions that slide relative to each other to increase and decrease a distance between ends of the barrier. The partitions slide into and out of confronting relationships with each other. The partitions engage each other at upper and lower locations and further at a medial location where an elongate member of one partition is received in a tube engaged to the other partition. A threaded piece upon being turned brings pressure to bear upon an end of the tube such that the partitions can be incrementally expanded apart and thereby pressurized between two locations within the home so as to block off one portion of the home. The threaded piece is slideable along the elongate member. | 04-08-2010 |
20100192467 | Sliding Door Assembly for Air and Water Exclusion - A sliding door assembly includes a fixed meeting stile sufficiently designed for maintaining a vertical weather strip gasket; a door jamb sufficiently designed for maintaining a vertical weather strip gasket; a first horizontal weather bar comprising an attaching means for engaging a sill of the sliding door assembly, and a horizontal member having a first end for engaging the fixed meeting stile, and a second end for engaging the door jamb, wherein the horizontal member is sufficiently designed for maintaining a horizontal weather strip gasket; and a second horizontal weather bar comprising an attaching means for engaging a head component of the sliding door assembly, and a horizontal member having a first end for engaging the fixed meeting stile, and a second end for engaging the door jamb, wherein the horizontal member is sufficiently designed for maintaining a horizontal weather strip gasket. | 08-05-2010 |
20100242365 | SLIDING WINDOWS, DOORS AND THE LIKE - A sliding window, door or the like ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100269412 | BACKLITE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - In an aspect, the invention is directed to a backlite assembly for a vehicle such as a pickup truck. The backlite assembly incorporates a motor assembly and a motor driven belt engaged with a guide rail that can be mounted to a structural support that is bonded to the fixed windows of the backlite assembly. A motor driven belt is used to actuate a movable window between closed and open positions. The lower support can also integrate the rail directly therein. The lower support can additionally integrate a housing for the motor assembly. | 10-28-2010 |
20110107672 | MULTI-POINT LOCK SYSTEM WITH SINGLE POSITION ACTUATION AND RELATED METHODS - A sliding fenestration assembly including a panel assembly having at least a primary panel and a secondary panel, where the primary panel is slidable relative to the secondary panel. The assembly further includes an actuator assembly having an actuator. The actuator assembly is coupled with an element, and movement of the actuator causes movement of the element. One or more locking latches are disposed remotely from the actuator, and the two or more locking latches having a locked and unlocked position. The two or more locking latches are coupled with the element and mounted along the primary panel. The actuator assembly is adapted to unlock the two or more locking latches and slide the primary panel. | 05-12-2011 |
20110265383 | VEHICULAR REAR SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A rear sliding window assembly suitable for use in a vehicle includes a fixed portion and a sliding portion and upper and lower track members disposed at a surface of first and second fixed glass portions. The sliding portion comprises a glass window panel and is laterally movable between the upper and lower track members relative to the fixed portion. The glass window panel is movable between an opened position and a closed position, and the glass window panel is disposed at the gap that is between the first and second fixed glass window portions when at its closed position. A glide member is longitudinally movable along the lower track member to facilitate movement of the glass window panel between its opened and closed positions. A sealing member is disposed between the fixed portion and the sliding portion at least when the glass window panel is at its closed position. | 11-03-2011 |
20110283621 | GLIDING DOOR, WITH VERTICAL MOVEMENT FOR PROVIDING SEALING/UNSEALING WHEN CLOSED/OPENED - A gliding door system employs a latch with a gear and pinion mechanism for smooth opening of a door. A lower door push member is driven with the opening of the latch, so as to urge the door open by pushing at a lower end thereof. The door suitably is carried by adjustable wheels that ride on a rail like member, wherein at a closed position, the rail is slightly depressed, to lower the door slightly at the closed position, to bring lower seals into engagement with seats. The push member assists in urging the wheel out of the depressed portion | 11-24-2011 |
20120023825 | WATERTIGHT PATIO DOOR ASSEMBLY - The watertight patio door assembly includes two adjacent and laterally offset door panels mounted in a door frame, at least one of the door panels being slidably movable within the door frame. It also includes a combined air and water passageway located within a sill section of the door frame. The passageway provides a continual fluid communication between a location at a bottom end of a clearance gap, located between adjacent vertical frame members of the door panels when the patio door assembly is closed, and the exterior side of the patio door assembly. Two spaced-apart sets of weatherstrips create a vertically-extending buffer air space within the clearance gap. The disclosed arrangement can greatly improve watertightness between the door panels during severe weather conditions without the need of a complex arrangement and/or weatherstrips impairing the movement of the sliding door panel or panels. A method for improving watertightness between a sliding door panel and of a stationary door panel of a patio door assembly is also presented. | 02-02-2012 |
20120117881 | DOOR GLAZING ASSEMBLY - A door assembly includes a fixed door panel constructed and arranged to be fixed in a door opening and a sliding door panel constructed and arranged to be slidably movable relative to the fixed door panel between (1) a closed position and (2) an open position. Each door panel includes a glass panel, and a frame including a vertical frame member constructed and arranged to surround at least a portion of the vertical edge of the glass panel. At least one of the vertical frame members includes an end portion having an angled surface extending inwardly towards the glass panel. As a result of movement of the sliding door panel, the end portion of the at least one vertical frame member at least partially overlaps another of the vertical frame members. | 05-17-2012 |
20130255156 | SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A vehicular slider window assembly ( | 10-03-2013 |
20150020453 | TELESCOPING DOOR INTEGRATED HARDWARE - A sliding door assembly comprises an upper guide track and a plurality of door panels slidably received in a portion of the upper guide track for movement along the track. A bracket is mounted to a top edge of at least one of the door panels. At least one roller mechanism is secured to the bracket and to each of the door panels. The at least one roller mechanisms are slidably received within the upper guide track. A pair of pulleys is secured to the bracket for carrying an endless cable for rotation around the pulleys. Means are provided for securing the other door panels to the cable. In a first position, the side edges of the door panels are contiguous and a first outer door panel is secured to the cable of the immediately adjacent door at the side edge opposite to the direction of closing movement of the door panels. | 01-22-2015 |
20150068124 | SUPPORT AND OPERATING DEVICE OF SLIDING DOORS, IN PARTICULAR FOR WARDROBES - Support and operating device for sliding doors, in particular for wardrobe cabinets, wherein the doors ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150089875 | Hardware for opening a frameless window into laterally displaced parallel positions - A window pane is mounted in a closed position outside a window frame, commonly referred to as a frameless window, and is movable into open positions parallel to the closed position. The window pane can be slid into a fully open position. Sliding mechanisms are attached to the window pane. Swing arms connect the sliding mechanisms to the window frame. Control arms also connect the sliding mechanisms to the window frame. They determine the distance of and control the translation of the window pan from the closed position to the initial open position. A handle is attached to at least one of the sliding mechanisms or window pane. Latching mechanisms secure the handle in the open positions. The invention is designed so that a plurality of screens allows air flow through the window frame, preventing passage of insects or debris through the window frame. | 04-02-2015 |