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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Pgt Innovations, Inc., North Venice, FL (US);
Kenneth John Vander Bent, Jr., Bradenton, FL (US);
Kurt Karussi, Osprey, FL (US);
PGT Innovations, LLC, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A sliding door assembly includes an upper track assembly; a lower track assembly; a sliding door laterally slidable along each of the upper track assembly and the lower track assembly, the sliding door comprising a door body, an upper locking pin, and a lower locking pin, the sliding door configurable in a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration; and an actuator operatively connected to each of the upper locking pin and the lower locking pin; wherein, in the locked configuration, the actuator simultaneously engages the upper locking pin with the upper track assembly and the lower locking pin with the lower track assembly to prohibit the sliding door from opening, and in the unlocked configuration, the actuator simultaneously retracts the upper locking pin from the upper track assembly and the lower locking pin from the lower track assembly to allow the sliding door to open.