Screen assembly

• US 5,551,501 A
• Filed: 10/21/1994
• Issued: 09/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: JELD-WEN Incorporated (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DCL, Inc. (21st Century Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boring, Jesse T., Davis, Floyd C., Lowe, T. Glen, Cowart, Charles W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Blair M.
• Application Number:
  US08/327,303
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 160/87, 160/90, 160/96, 160/97, 160/105, 49/63, 52/202, 52/207
• US Class Current: 160/87
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/4609 for windows E06B3/4654 - E06B3/4681 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/52 Devices affording protection against insects, e.g. fly screens; Mesh windows for other purposes screens A47G5/00

Abstract

The invention provides a screen door system for double-hung entry doors. The screen door system comprises an inner screen assembly containing a frame member carrying a screen member, an outer screen assembly containing a frame member carrying a screen member, inner and outer upper tracks for slidably guiding the inner and outer screen assemblies along the length of the tracks and for limiting lateral movement of the inner and outer screen assemblies as the screen assemblies move longitudinally along the tracks, and a lower sill having an inner guide rail for longitudinally guiding the inner screen assembly and an outer guide rail for longitudinally guiding the outer screen assembly.

Claims

1. A screen system for double-hung entry doors comprising an inner screen assembly containing a frame having upper and lower horizontal frame members and first and second vertical frame members carrying a screen;

an outer screen assembly containing a frame having upper and lower horizontal frame members and first and second vertical frame members carrying a screen;

upper inner and outer longitudinal screen guides attached to a building adjacent the entry doors for slidably engaging a portion of the upper horizontal frame members of each of said inner and outer screen assemblies, each of said inner and outer screen guides containing an elongate planar horizontal member having first and second edges, a first planar vertical member adjacent said first edge and a second planar vertical member adjacent said second edge whereby the second planar vertical member is common to both the inner and outer screen guides, wherein said elongate planar horizontal members lie in separate substantially parallel planes and wherein said outer screen guide further contains an upstanding rigid elongate member substantially centered between said first and second planar vertical members for limiting the lateral movement of said outer screen assembly when slidably positioning said outer screen longitudinally along said outer guide; and

a lower sill attached adjacent a sill of the entry doors, said lower sill having an inner guide rail for engaging said lower horizontal frame member of said inner screen assembly and for limiting lateral movement of said inner screen assembly and an outer guide rail for slidably guiding said lower horizontal frame member of said outer screen assembly and for limiting lateral movement of said outer screen assembly when slidably adjusting said outer screen.

2. The screen system of claim 1 wherein said screen system is fixedly positioned relative to a door frame and wherein the first vertical frame member of said inner screen assembly is fixedly attached to a frame member of said door frame.

3. The screen system of claim 1 wherein the outer screen assembly contains an elongate resilient member attached to the second vertical frame member, said resilient member being positioned on said second frame member between said inner and outer screen assemblies for wiping an outer surface of said inner screen assembly and for sealing between adjacent overlapping vertical frame members of each inner and outer screen assembly.

4. The screen system of claim 3 wherein the inner screen assembly contains an elongate resilient member attached to the second vertical frame member, said resilient member being positioned on said frame member between said inner and outer screen assemblies for wiping an inner surface of said outer screen assembly and for sealing between adjacent vertical overlapping frame members of each inner and outer screen assembly.

5. The screen system of claim 1 wherein the inner screen assembly contains a resilient member attached to a vertical frame member, said resilient member being positioned on said frame member between said inner and outer screen assemblies for wiping an inner surface of said outer screen assembly and for sealing between adjacent vertical overlapping frame members of each inner and outer screen assembly.

6. The screen system of claim 1 wherein said outer screen assembly is larger than said inner screen assembly.

7. The screen system of claim 1 wherein said outer screen assembly contains a pair of longitudinally spaced wheels mounted in the upper horizontal frame member for slidably engaging said upper outer longitudinal screen guide and a pair of longitudinally spaced wheels mounted in the lower horizontal frame member of said outer screen assembly for slidably engaging said outer guide rail of the lower sill.

8. A screen door assembly which comprises an inner generally rectangular screen door having spaced apart elongate parallel upper and lower frame members of substantially equal length and an outer generally rectangular screen door having spaced apart elongate parallel upper and lower frame members of substantially equal length, each of said screen doors having a width corresponding generally to the length of its corresponding upper and lower frame members, an upper screen door support member for attachment to a building adjacent the header of an at least a double door exterior door system, a lower screen door support member for attachment to the building adjacent a sill of the exterior door system in spaced relation to the upper screen door support member, and a track guide system for connecting the inner and outer screen doors between the upper and lower screen door support members for translational movement in spaced apart overlapping planes generally parallel to the screen doors in a direction substantially parallel to the length of the screen door support members.

9. The double screen assembly of claim 8 wherein the outer screen door contains a pendant resilient elongate member positioned along a vertical edge portion of said door so as to project inwardly toward said inner screen door for wiping an outer surface of said inner screen door when translationally moving said outer screen door.

10. The double screen assembly of claim 9 wherein the inner screen door contains a pendant resilient elongate sealing member positioned along a vertical edge portion of said door so as to project outwardly toward said outer screen door for sealing between adjacent vertical edge portions of said inner and outer screen door.

11. The double screen assembly of claim 8 wherein the inner screen door contains a pendant resilient elongate member positioned along a vertical edge portion of said door so as to project outwardly toward said outer screen door for wiping an inner surface of said outer screen door when translationally moving said outer screen door.

12. The double screen assembly of claim 8 wherein said upper frame member contains an inner and outer track guide for guiding the inner and outer screen doors wherein the inner and outer track guides are offset vertically relative to one another for attachment to a head jamb and brick mould of the double door unit.