US 12,404,716 B2
Integrated guide system and door seal for a soft close sliding door
William Hawkinson, Germantown, TN (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc., Monroe, NC (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc., Monroe, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/034,689.
Application 17/034,689 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/104,535, filed on Aug. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,118,385, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,662, filed on Apr. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0010324 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. E06B 7/23 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E06B 7/215 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/2312 (2013.01) [E05D 15/063 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/64 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01); E06B 7/215 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A sliding door system comprising:
a door comprising a top edge, a leading edge and a trailing edge defining an inner face, the door being mounted for sliding movement relative to a door opening formed in a structure between a closed position and an open position;
a first gasket and a second gasket deformed into engagement with the inner face adjacent the top edge, the first gasket being spaced from the second gasket to create a gap between the first gasket, the second gasket and the inner face; and
an acoustic barrier positioned at one end of the first gasket and the second gasket, wherein a back side of the acoustic barrier comprises slots that receive flanges of a bracket for aligning with the first gasket and the second gasket, and wherein the acoustic barrier engages the inner face and closes the gap between the first gasket, the second gasket and the inner face when the door is in the closed position.