Slidable door and sidewall associated with tents, awnings, and other protective enclosures

Abstract

The invention is generally directed to a foldable door and sidewall, and more particularly, to a foldable door and sidewall suitable for use with tents, awnings, restaurant patio shielding, and other protective enclosures. The invention is also directed to methods for retrofitting a protective enclosure (e.g., frame structure associated with a collapsible tent) with a foldable door or sidewall, as well as to kits for accomplishing the same. In one embodiment, a foldable door or sidewall is disclosed that is adapted for detachable attachment with a protective enclosure, wherein the foldable door or sidewall comprises a flexible sheet having a continuous perimeter that defines a plurality of discrete door or sidewall edges, wherein at least one of the door or sidewall edges is adapted to slidably engage a slide track, and at least one magnet integrally associated with at least one of the door or sidewall edges of the flexible sheet, wherein the door or sidewall edge having the at least one magnet integrally associated therewith is not the same as the door or sidewall edge adapted to slidably engage the slide track.