FOLDING CLOSURE

• US 20130186038A1
• Filed: 08/05/2011
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mammoth Industries Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mammoth Industries Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: Lang, Craig Cameron
• Application Number:
  US13/814,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20130186038A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/745.16
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/26 for folding wings
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/481 Wings foldable in a zig-zag manner or bi-fold wings

Abstract

The invention relates to a folding closure system for an opening comprising; an overhead track, a jamb panel attached to the head and sill of the opening by at least one (non-offset) pivot hinge, at least one other panel of substantially equal width to the jamb panel and which is suspended from the track by at least one carriage, the aforementioned panels being adapted to be folded about (non-offset) pivot hinges from (i) a closed configuration in which the panels are aligned in a plane, to (ii) an open configuration in which they are arranged orthogonal to said plane, and at least one jamb trim attached to a jamb and aligned with a gap between the jamb panel and the jamb when the panels are in the closed configuration.

Claims

1. A folding closure system for an opening comprising;

an overhead track,

a jamb panel attached to the head and sill of the opening by at least one (non-offset) pivot hinge,

at least one other panel of substantially equal width to the jamb panel and which is suspended from the track by at least one carriage, the aforementioned panels being adapted to be folded about (non-offset) pivot hinges from (i) a closed configuration in which the panels are aligned in a plane, to (ii) an open configuration in which they are arranged orthogonal to said plane, and

at least one jamb trim attached to a jamb and aligned with a gap between the jamb panel and the jamb when the panels are in the closed configuration.

2. A folding closure system according to claim 1 wherein the jamb, sill and head comprise part of a frame for an opening in a structure.

3. A folding closure system according to claim 1 comprising between two and five panels of substantially equal width.

4. A folding closure system according to claim 1 wherein the jamb trim further comprises a seal.

5. A folding closure suitable for use in the folding closure of claim 1.

6. A folding closure system according to claim 1 when used in conjunction with a second folding closure system.

8. A closure system according to claim 1 and substantially as herein described with reference to any one of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6.

7. A method of installing a folding closure system in an opening comprising:

attaching a jamb panel at a head and sill of the opening by at least one (non-offset) pivot hinge,

suspending at least one other panel of substantially equal width to the jamb panel from an overhead track by at least one carriage, said panels being adapted to be folded about hinges from (i) a closed configuration in which the panels are aligned in a plane, to (ii) an open configuration in which they are arranged orthogonal to the plane, and

attaching at least one jamb trim to a jamb, such that the jamb trim is aligned with a gap between the jamb panel and the jamb when the panels are in the closed configuration.