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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1993
Thomas J Heppner, Warroad, MN (US);
Marvin Lumber and Cedar Co., Warroad, MN (US);
Abstract
A door sill in a frame mounting a fixed door panel and a sliding door panel movable along a longitudinally-extending track wherein the sliding door panel is disposed inwardly of the fixed door panel for movement thereof. The door sill comprising a sill floor external to the portion of an opening defined by the frame which is unobstructed by the fixed door panel. The door sill further comprising a platform elevated above the sill floor intermediate the sliding door panel track and the fixed door panel and abutting the sliding door panel track to define a drainage channel. The door sill further comprises a weatherstrip, having a pair of legs, extending along an outer surface of the track along which the sliding door panel moves whereby the first leg being generally parallel to and engaged against the track along which the sliding door is movable and a second generally planar leg being hinged to a top edge of the first leg and the second leg is biased upwardly and away from the first leg and into engagement with a bottom edge of the sliding door panel.