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Swinging screen door for sliding glass doors

  • US 4,838,332 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1987
  • Issued: 06/13/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A secondary door assembly for a primary doorway which connects an inside and an outside and which is defined by a primary frame having two primary uprights, a primary header and a primary threshold and which has at least one primary door which is slidably mounted within the primary frame so that when the sliding door is retracted a portion of the primary doorway is opened forming a primary opening, comprising:

  • a secondary frame receivable within the primary frame, the secondary frame having a secondary header and two secondary uprights, the secondary header being receivable within a portion of the primary header and each secondary upright being receivable adjacent a primary upright and also being adapted for free standing within the primary frame, and wherein the secondary frame defines a secondary doorway substantially coextensive with the primary opening of the primary doorway;

    means for securing the secondary frame within the primary frame so that the secondary doorway is parallel to the plane of the primary opening;

    a secondary door receivable within the secondary frame; and

    means for mounting the secondary door within the secondary frame so that the secondary door is supported for pivotation about a vertical axis from a closed position parallel to the primary opening.

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