Sliding lavatory pocket door

摘要

A compact, sliding door apparatus includes three vertically curved panels positioned in a doorway. A first of the panels is solid and is operatively connected to a slot above the doorway enabling the first panel to move side to side in the doorway. The second of the panels is hollow and receives a portion of the first panel. The second panel is also operatively connected to the slot above the doorway for side to side movement of the panel across the doorway. A third of the panels has a hollow interior and is stationary adjacent the doorway. The third panel hollow interior receives a portion of the second panel. The doorway is opened by moving the first panel into the second panel interior to open a portion of the doorway, and then moving the second panel into the third panel interior to fully open the doorway.

主权项

1. A method for installing a compact, sliding door assembly in a doorway, the method comprising:
positioning a slot adjacent the doorway with the slot extending straight across the doorway; positioning a first curved panel having a first top edge and a first pair of guides extending upwardly directly from the first top edge in the doorway with the first top edge positioned directly vertically underneath the slot; positioning a second curved panel having a second top edge and a second pair of guides extending upwardly directly from the second top edge in the doorway with the second top edge positioned directly vertically underneath the slot; inserting the second pair of guides into the slot for movement of the guides through the slot and thereby operatively connecting the second curved panel with the slot for side-to-side movement of the second curved panel across the doorway; inserting the first pair of guides into the slot for movement of the guides through the slot and thereby operatively connecting the first curved panel with the slot for side-to-side movement of the first curved panel across the doorway; providing the second curved panel with a hollow interior and a side opening in a side of the second curved panel, dimensioning the hollow interior and the side opening to enable the first curved panel to extend through the side opening and move through the hollow interior when moving the first curved panel side-to-side in the doorway; inserting the first curved panel through the second curved panel side opening and into the second curved panel hollow interior when positioning the first curved panel in the doorway; providing the second curved panel with a top opening with one guide of the first pair of guides is extending upwardly directly from the first top edge of the first curved panel through the top opening of the second curved panel and into the slot with the one guide of the first pair of guides positioned in the slot between the second pair of guides positioned in the slot where on moving the first curved panel toward the second curved panel the one guide of the first pair of guides is moved along the slot until the one guide of the first pair of guides comes into contact with one guide of the second pair of guides and on continued moving of the first curved panel toward the second curved panel the one guide of the first pair of guides pushes the one guide of the second pair of guides along the slot and moves the second curved panel relative to the slot.