Abstract One piece extruded plastic trim and track member includes a pair of elongated back to back U-shaped channels which are spaced apart from each other by a trim portion which is in a plane common to the forward side wall of each channel. The member includes a pair of elongated V-grooves which separate the front surface of the member into three parallel strip portions. The member is adapted to be mounted on the front edge of a cabinet wall with the trim portion following the front edge of the wall to its lower extremity. The channel portions are adapted to be separated from the trim portion along a portion of their length by being slit along said V-grooves. The separated channel portions may be heated after they are slit and bent into a curved shape so that when the trim portion is applied to a vertical cabinet wall edge the curved channel portions will engage the side surfaces of the cabinet wall and form guide tracks for tambour doors located on each side of the cabinet wall. Where a guide track is only to be provided on one side of a cabinet wall, the unused channel portion may be cut away completely from the trim portion and used as a guide channel per se where no trim function is desired.
A one piece plastic combination trim strip and door track member for a tambour door comprising: an elongated trim portion which is adapted to overlie the vertical front edge of an upright cabinet support wall member, said trim portion having a rear surface which intersects any transverse plane passed through it in a direction normal to its axis in a straight line; at least one elongated generally Ushaped channel portion joined to said trim portion along at least a portion of the respective lengths thereof, said Ushaped channel portion defining a guide track adapted to receive one edge of a sliding door, one side wall of said channel portion being immediately adjacent said trim portion and defining an integral generally co-planar extension of said trim portion where said channel and trim portions are joined; said member having an area of reduced wall thickness along a line separating said joined channel and trim portions so as to permit said joined channel and trim portions to be separated along any portion of said line, whereby said channel portion may be curved away from the plane of said trim portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A one piece plastic combination trim strip and door track member for a tambour door comprising: an elongated trim portion which is adapted to overlie the vertical front edge of an upright cabinet support wall member, said trim portion having a rear surface which intersects any transverse plane passed through it in a direction normal to its axis in a straight line; at least one elongated generally Ushaped channel portion joined to said trim portion along at least a portion of the respective lengths thereof, said Ushaped channel portion defining a guide track adapted to receive one edge of a sliding door, one side wall of said channel portion being immediately adjacent said trim portion and defining an integral generally co-planar extension of said trim portion where said channel and trim portions are joined; said member having an area of reduced wall thickness along a line separating said joined channel and trim portions so as to permit said joined channel and trim portions to be separated along any portion of said line, whereby said channel portion may be curved away from the plane of said trim portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The combination trim strip and door track member of claim 1 wherein said member comprises a pair of channel portions, said channel portions facing in opposing directions and being separated from each other by said trim portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The combination trim strip and door track member of claim 1 wherein said at least one channel portion has a rib projecting upwardly from its bottom wall surface sufficiently to prevent a door guided by said channel portion from engaging fastening means which contact the bottom wall surface adjacent the rib.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The combination trim strip and door track member of claim 1 wherein said line separating said channel and trim portions comprises a V-groove formed on the front surface of said member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The combination trim strip and door track member of claim 2 wherein the front surfaces of said channel portions and said edge portion are each curved, said area of reduced wall thickness being defined by a pair of V-grooves formed in said front surfaces along the lines of intersection of said curved surfaces.