Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With hood – canopy – shield storage chamber – or outrigged...
Patent
1978-02-21
1980-09-16
Leppink, James A.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With hood, canopy, shield storage chamber, or outrigged...
16 94R, E06B 900
Patent
active
042224276
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a trim unit for use, for example, as a valance, or for application to sliding and bifold doors to screen the unsightly gap that usually is left between the bottom edge of the door supporting channel and the top edge of the door or doors. The unit consists of a U- or L-shaped base member having a first horizontal portion that is fastened in some convenient way to the ceiling or door header and a second vertical portion that extends downward when the unit is installed. A supplementary movable member is mounted on the second portion and can be adjusted in its vertical position thereon. Thus in the case of a door trim unit the supplementary member can be moved to screen the gap between the bottom edge of the channel and the top of the door without fouling the door as it is opened and closed. This gap cannot be predetermined and may be changed, e.g. when carpet is installed. In the case of a valance trim unit the supplementary member can be moved to the position that gives the desired vertical depth to the valance. The connection between the second vertical portion of the supplementary member may be, for example, by rivets or by nuts and bolts so that they are frictionally engaged together against relative movement. In other constructions struck-out parts of the base member frictionally engage the supplementary member, or the supplementary member is of U-shape and frictionally embraces the base member.
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Friedman Carl D.
Leppink James A.
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