US 11,713,616 B2
Automatic door with a hinged swinging partial door
Jeffrey Wolfe, Monroe, NC (US); and Thomas Epke, Monroe, NC (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB, Landskrona (SE)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems US, Inc., Monroe, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,159.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061488 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E06B 7/32 (2006.01); E06B 3/36 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05C 17/56 (2006.01); E06B 1/52 (2006.01); E06B 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/32 (2013.01) [E05C 17/56 (2013.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E06B 1/524 (2013.01); E06B 3/362 (2013.01); E06B 3/4636 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door assembly comprising:
a first sidelite configured to be operably coupled to a first door jamb;
a second sidelite configured to be operably coupled to a second door jamb, the first and second sidelites being disposed in a common plane and defining a door opening between the first and second sidelites;
a first sliding panel;
a second sliding panel, the first and second sliding panels being movable from a closed position disposing the first and second sliding panels to block access through the door opening and an open position in which the first sliding panel is proximate the first sidelite and the second sliding panel is proximate the second sidelite, the first and second sliding panels being disposed in a second plane parallel to the common plane in both the open and closed position;
a first partial door panel operably coupled to the first sidelite via a first hinge assembly; and
a second partial door panel operably coupled to the second sidelite via a second hinge assembly,
wherein the first and second partial door panels have a closed state in which the first and second partial door panels are each disposed in the common plane blocking access through the door opening, and an open state in which the first and second partial door panels are each disposed out of the common plane, and
wherein the first and second partial door panels each have a height less than 50% of a height of the first and second sidelites.