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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1978
Myron E Ullman, Jr, Canfield, OH (US);
M.M.G., Inc., Youngstown, OH (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for pivotally mounting opposed ends of a door panel between a pair of frame or shelf members. The system utilizes a pair of panel-engaging members which have U-shaped cross sections and which receive the door panel ends. Each of the panel-engaging members has a pair of spaced leg portions interconnected by a base portion. A pair of elongate cylindrical projections extends from the base portions to define a pivot axis of the door panel. A pair of projection-receiving formations is provided on the frame members for journaling the projections. At least one of the projection-receiving formations takes the form of an adjustably positioned bearing structure. The panel-engaging members are preferably formed as elongate extrusions of plastics material. One of the panel-engaging members is provided with a handle formation for facilitating movement of the door panel. A first detent element is provided on one of the panel-engaging members and is cooperable with a second detent element carried by one of the frame members. In preferred practice, the first detent element takes the form of a recess provided in the outer surface of the base portion of the one panel-engaging member, and the second detent element is receivable in the recess to releasably retain the door panel in its closed position. In alternate practice, the first detent element takes the form of a magnetic receptor plate secured to a leg portion of the one panel-engaging member and being cooperable with a magnetic catch carried on the one frame member.