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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Curtis C Shoup, Gardena, CA (US);
Columbia Manufacturing Co., Gardena, CA (US);
Abstract
A unique storm door construction utilizes economical, plastic glide channel strips disposed about fixed and sliding panes of glass to provide not only a weather seal, but also a means for interconnection to a storm door mounting frame within which the glass panes are mounted. The system also provides a top edge protector for the sliding pane, as well as a sash member with a finger grip thereon that can be used to raise and lower the sliding pane. The sliding pane member can thereby be raised to permit ventilation through a screen covering a portion of the rectangular opening defined in the storm door frame. Alternatively, the sliding pane member can be lowered to thereby provide a complete, transparent, weather-tight barrier across the enclosed rectangular area delineated within the storm door frame. The system provides a means for assembly of a storm door which allows the component elements to be snapped together without the use of screws or other metal fasteners.