US 12,270,236 B2
Sliding door unit and components for the same
Bruce Procton, Greensboro, NC (US); Michael K. Mitchell, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Oak Ridge, NC (US)
Assigned to ENDURA PRODUCTS, LLC, Colfax, NC (US)
Filed by Endura Products, LLC, Colfax, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,991.
Application 17/220,991 is a continuation of application No. 16/001,029, filed on Jun. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,988,965.
Application 16/001,029 is a continuation of application No. 16/000,420, filed on Jun. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,982,477.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/517,398, filed on Jun. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0222473 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E05B 15/00 (2006.01); E05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05B 63/08 (2006.01); E05B 63/10 (2006.01); E05B 63/12 (2006.01); E05B 65/08 (2006.01); E05C 9/04 (2006.01); E06B 3/36 (2006.01); E06B 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 15/0608 (2013.01) [E05B 15/0205 (2013.01); E05B 15/024 (2013.01); E05B 63/10 (2013.01); E05B 63/12 (2013.01); E05B 65/0835 (2013.01); E05B 65/0858 (2013.01); E05C 9/04 (2013.01); E05D 15/0665 (2013.01); E05D 15/0669 (2013.01); E05D 15/0686 (2013.01); E05D 15/0691 (2013.01); E06B 3/4636 (2013.01); E05B 15/0006 (2013.01); E05B 63/08 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01); E06B 3/365 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing configured to close a gap between a first door panel and a second door panel when the first door panel and the second door panel are in a closed configuration, the housing comprising:
a first side configured to attach to a first door panel;
a second side configured to attach to a second door panel; and
a lock mechanism housed within the first side or the second side, the lock mechanism having an upper shoot bolt and a lower shoot bolt, the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt each having a retracted position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt are disposed within the housing such that the housing is capable of translating relative to a door frame and an extended position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt extend from ends of the housing such that the housing is prevented from translating, the lock mechanism configured to transition the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt from the retracted position to the extended position thereof simultaneously with one another;
wherein the lock mechanism is configured to transition the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt from the extended position to the retracted position thereof simultaneously with one another;
wherein the lock mechanism includes an actuator, the actuator having a first position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt are in the retracted position and a second position in which the upper shoot bolt and the lower shoot bolt are in the extended position;
wherein the actuator has a first end portion coupled to the lock mechanism and a second end portion extending away from the first end portion, the actuator having an actuator axis extending between the first end portion and the second end portion, the housing having a longitudinal axis, the actuator axis being parallel to the longitudinal axis in the first position and the second position; and
wherein the actuator has an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, the actuator axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the intermediate position.