IP Library Granted Patent US 12,352,086
Granted Patent B1
US 12,352,086 · App. 18/498,506 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Recessed wall roller guide for sliding doors

Inventors: Aaron R. McGregor (Quilcene, WA); Dylan J. Warnberg (Victoria, CA); Matthew P. Komer (Port Townsend, WA)
E05D15/0656E05Y2600/452E05Y2900/14
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Patent No.
US 12,352,086
App. No.
18/498,506
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system and method for one or more insert door guiding systems which are a unique assembly of parts that allow a guide wheel to be inset into an adjacent material allowing a relatively large diameter wheel and a low clearance between the door or panel and the adjacent wall or material concurrently, whereby the insert door guiding systems include a shell or cup, a roller and roller pin, a bearing and bushing, roller spaces, and a tire.

Claims (6)

1. A door guiding system: comprising a roller system positioned inside of a shell and protruding through an aperture on the shell, wherein the shell is recessed into a wall, wherein one or more rollers of the roller system are permitted to rotate within an interior of the shell, wherein the one or more rollers have an outer tire, wherein the shell is recessed at a corner of the wall, wherein the tire has a larger diameter than height, wherein the shell has a flat plate portion positioned flush or outside and against the wall to fasten the door guiding system to the wall, wherein the shell is rearward of the flat plate portion and is a cylinder, wherein an axis of the cylinder is orientated parallel to the flat plate portion.

2. The door guiding system of claim 1 , wherein the plate portion has an upper aperture near a top of the plate portion and a lower aperture near a bottom of the plate portion for receiving a fastener to connect the plate portion to the wall.

3. The door guiding system of claim 1 , wherein the roller system is rollers connected by an axel that extends to a top and bottom of the interior.

4. The door guiding system of claim 3 , wherein the axel is received by a recess at the top and the bottom of the interior.

5. The door guiding system of claim 1 , wherein the shell retains a magnet.

6. The door guiding system of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is discorectangle in shape, wherein the aperture is wider than the aperture is tall.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63421149 · Oct 31, 2022
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