Abstract 960,790. Sliding doors. KINKEAD INDUSTRIES Inc. Nov. 16, 1962 [Nov. 28, 1961], No. 43352/62. Heading E1J. A sliding door for a shower comprises alternate rigid, 22 and 26, and flexible, 24, panels, wherein the vertically extending rigid panels 22 and 26 carry resiliently mounted glides 68 in slots 82 at the top and bottom of the panels. The glides 68 carry rollers 74 which are spring-loaded to bear against the lower track 118 of the upper guide member 18, and the upper track 128 of the lower guide member 20. The glides 68 are retained by strips 92, each with a flat top portion, and a slotted downstanding flange 94 receiving a portion of the glide, and being bent around a lip 84 on the body portion to retain the strip. The end rigid panels 22 carry four glides with one roller each, and the intermediate panels 26 carry two glides with two rollers each (Fig. 7).
A RESILIENTLY MOUNTABLE PANEL STRUCTURE FOR SLIDABLE DOORS COMPRISING A DOOR PANEL HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING THERETHROUGH, RESILIENT MOUNTING MEANS ON SAID PANEL AND ENGAGEABLE WITH A RAIL FOR MOVING THE PANEL ON THE RAIL, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A GLIDE INCLUDING A BODY DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PANEL, PROJECTING MEANS ON SAID BODY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID RAIL FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID GLIDE THEREON, AND A SHANK ON SAID BODY EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PANEL OPENING AND MOVABLE THEREIN FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID GLIDE AND SAID PANEL, A GLIDE RETAINER MOUNTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF SAID PANEL AND ENGAGING SAID SHANK,
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A RESILIENTLY MOUNTABLE PANEL STRUCTURE FOR SLIDABLE DOORS COMPRISING A DOOR PANEL HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING THERETHROUGH, RESILIENT MOUNTING MEANS ON SAID PANEL AND ENGAGEABLE WITH A RAIL FOR MOVING THE PANEL ON THE RAIL, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A GLIDE INCLUDING A BODY DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PANEL, PROJECTING MEANS ON SAID BODY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID RAIL FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID GLIDE THEREON, AND A SHANK ON SAID BODY EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PANEL OPENING AND MOVABLE THEREIN FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID GLIDE AND SAID PANEL, A GLIDE RETAINER MOUNTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF SAID PANEL AND ENGAGING SAID SHANK,