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Sliding screen door mechanism

  • US 9,115,535 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2010
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination, a horizontally sliding screen door frame adapted to be utilized with a sliding screen door mounted thereto, and an entry door with a door threshold positioned at a bottom portion of said entry door, said sliding screen door frame at least partially circumscribing said entry door, said sliding screen door frame comprising:

  • a bottom channel having an elongated configuration and comprising;

    bottom channel connecting means for mounting said bottom channel to a first vertical surface;

    bottom channel track means adapted to cooperate with said sliding door in a sliding engagement, so as to provide a stabilized path on which said screen door may move between open and closed positions;

    bottom channel web means connecting together said bottom channel connecting means and said bottom channel track means;

    a top channel having an elongated configuration and comprising;

    top channel connecting means for mounting said top channel to a second vertical surface;

    top channel track means for receiving a top portion of said screen door in a sliding engagement, so as to provide a path for movement of said screen door between said open and said closed positions;

    top channel web means connecting said top channel connecting means and said top channel track means;

    a side channel extending vertically along at least a portion of a path extending between a first end of said top channel and a first end of said bottom channel, said side channel providing for a strike or stop for said screen door, when said screen door is in a closed position;

    said bottom channel is sized and configured so that said bottom channel web means is positioned below a top portion of said door threshold when said frame is fully installed;

    said bottom channel connecting means mounts to said first vertical surface below said top portion of said door threshold;

    said bottom channel track means is positioned adjacent said door threshold and below at least a major portion of an upper surface of said door threshold;

    said bottom channel connecting means is integral with said bottom channel web means, which, in turn, is integral with said bottom channel track means; and

    said bottom channel track means is positioned so that a user crossing said sliding screen door frame would step over said bottom channel track means, with said bottom channel track means not presenting an obstacle to said user in view of the position of said bottom channel track means adjacent to and below said at least major portion of said upper surface of said door threshold.

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