Magnetically supported sliding doors and panels

Claim 1

IN THE ASSEMBLY OF A VERTICALLY POSITIONED, HORIZONTALLY SLIDING DOOR, WINDOW, PANEL OR THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION OF FRAME MEANS DEFINING A VERTICAL PLANE AND HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A PANEL MEANS SLIDABLY ENGAGING SAID FRAME MEANS FOR ONLY HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT, AND LIMITED VERTICAL MOVEMENT, IN THE VERTICAL PLANE THEREOF, SAID PANEL MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY POSITIONED IN SAID OPENING AND BEING MOVABLE FROM A POSITION CLOSING AT LEAST A PART OF SAID OPENING TO A POSITION WHICH DOES NOT COVER AT LEAST SUCH PART OF SAID OPENING, COACTING GUIDE MEANS AT THE ADJACENT UPPER AND LOWER MARGINS OF THE SAID FRAME MEANS AND PANEL, AND ELONGATE PERMANENT MAGNET MEANS OPERATIVELY SECURED TO SAID FRAME MEANS AND SAID PANEL MEANS AT ADJACENT VERTICALLY OPPOSED PORTIONS THEREOF WITH THE MAGNET MEANS ON SAID PANEL MEANS BEING ABOVE THE MAGNET MEANS ON SAID FRAME MEANS, SAID MAGNET MEANS BEING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT IN SUPERIMPOSED RELATION AND HAVING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING POLES EXTENDING THE LENGTHS THEREOF, SAID MAGNET MEANS ON SAID FRAME MEANS EXTENDING AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID OPENING AND SAID MAGNET MEANS ON SAID PANEL MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF AND SAID MAGNET MEANS ALL HAVING LIKE POLES THEREOF IN ADJACENT SPACED VERTICAL POSITIONS TO PROVIDE A REPELLING ACTION THEREBETWEEN TO THEREBY PROVIDE A LIFTING ACTION ON SAID PANEL MEANS TO FLOAT SAID PANEL WITH RELATION TO SAID FRAME MEANS ALONG ITS FULL LENGTH OF SLIDABLE RELATION THEREWITH.