Movable or removable closures – Removable closure
Patent
1996-01-05
1997-08-05
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Movable or removable closures
Removable closure
49464, E06B 344
Patent
active
056530617
ABSTRACT:
An access panel for mounting in a wall having an opening therethrough for enabling access to the wall opening, the panel having a frame having an integral flange defined by planar top, bottom and opposed side wall flange portions, the frame being further defined by an integral inset portion in a plane spaced rearwardly from the plane of the flange portions, the inset portion having an opening therethrough, the inset portion providing slide surfaces in a plane spaced from the plane of the flange rearward surfaces, a full width top slot being provided in the inset portion between the opposed side flanges, a shorter length bottom slot being formed in the inset portion between the opposed frame side flange portions, and a planar removable panel slidably receivable in the top slot, the panel having a short-length downwardly extending tang portion that is removably received in the bottom slot when the panel is in the closed position, the panel being removable by upwardly displacing it through the top slot to clear the tang portion from the bottom slot.
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Cohen Curtis
Diversified Plastics, Inc.
Dorner Kenneth J.
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