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Self-draining panel threshold combination

  • US 4,831,779 A
  • Filed: 08/31/1988
  • Issued: 05/23/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved self-draining panel threshold combination comprising:

  • a door frame including a threshold for a panel movable between open and closed positions, the frame surrounding the peripheral edges of the panel in its closed position;

    weatherseals in the frame and threshold lying in a common weatherseal plane for flexing and sealingly engaging the panel in its closed position;

    a water trough in the threshold having a fully open end extending from one end of the threshold to the other end thereof and lying substantially in the weatherseal plane for catching water that is blown into and past the weatherseals and runs along the panel edges into the open end of the water trough;

    the threshold weatherseal further having a portion thereof extending across the open end of the water trough to prevent foreign material from entering the trough when the panel is in its open position and the weatherseal is unflexed; and

    drainage means in the threshold for draining water entering the water trough out of the threshold.

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