US 12,460,472 B2
Top-hanging sliding door including wedge design top seal
Gregory J. Goldfinch, Everett, WA (US); Robert Allen Larson, Jr., Everett, WA (US); and Dustin Dale Swartz, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to AD Solutions, Inc., Carmel, IN (US)
Filed by AD Solutions, Inc., Carmel, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,282.
Application 17/668,282 is a continuation of application No. 16/500,344, granted, now 11,280,130, previously published as PCT/US2018/022473, filed on Mar. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/480,946, filed on Apr. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124813 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E06B 7/23 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E06B 3/46 (2006.01); E06B 7/215 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/2307 (2013.01) [E05D 15/0652 (2013.01); E06B 3/4627 (2013.01); E06B 3/4645 (2013.01); E06B 7/215 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/14 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/31 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/12 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/678 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01); E06B 7/2314 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door seal system for a top-hanging sliding door, the top-hanging sliding door comprising a door frame which supports a door panel that is slideable along a track along an entirety of a length between an open position and a closed position without any pivoting motion, the door seal system comprising:
a frame wedge surface which faces outward from a top portion of the door frame toward the door panel, the frame wedge surface positioned to at least substantially horizontally align with a width of the door panel when the door panel is in the closed position, the frame wedge surface planar in shape and extending outward toward the door panel a first distance from a surface of the door frame fore of a trailing edge of the door panel and extending outward toward the door panel a second distance from the surface of the door frame proximate the trailing edge of the door panel, the first distance greater than the second distance, such that the frame wedge surface extends substantially parallel to a track axis of the track;
a door wedge surface which extends outward from a top portion of the door panel toward the frame wedge surface, the door wedge surface at least substantially parallel to the frame wedge surface such that as the door panel is moved from the open position to the closed position the door wedge surface engages the frame wedge surface to provide a seal therebetween;
a first rear seal coupled along a rear side of the door panel facing the door frame, the first rear seal extending between a bottom portion of the door panel and the top portion of the door panel; and
a second rear seal coupled along a front side of the door frame facing the door panel, the second rear seal extending between a bottom portion of the door frame and the top portion of the door frame,
wherein the surface of the door frame extends in a direction parallel to the width of the door panel, and
wherein as the door panel is moved from the open position to the closed position the first rear seal engages the second rear seal to provide a seal therebetween.