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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7665245 | Sealing system positioned within frame for door/window A combined sealing system for use with a combination of a panel and a frame includes a first sealing system and a second sealing system. The first sealing system is positioned within a first side of the frame, and the second sealing system is positioned within a sec... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7627987 | Combined sealing system and seal activation system for door A combined sealing system and seal activation system for use with a double door/window system having a first panel and a second panel includes a first sealing system and a first seal activation system. The first sealing system is positioned within a meeting stile of... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7124538 | Assembly providing a water restrictive barrier and an unobstructed passageway for a doorway A doorway assembly, preferably for a sliding door, includes a barrier plate extending across the lower portion of the doorway to prevent the intrusion of water during severe weather conditions. A notch within the barrier plate, provides a substantially obstruction-f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7008032 | Refrigerator incorporating french doors with rotating mullion bar A refrigerator includes French-style doors and a rotating mullion. The rotating mullion is mounted to one of the French-style doors through first and second hinge members. Each of the first and second hinge members include first and second hinge elements having corr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6715235 | Seal for a pivoting ship door A seal for a pivotally mounted door, which is arranged to close off a load area on board a ship and is provided with sealing elements around the periphery of the door and exhibits battening jacks that are caused to move to batten down the door to the deck and bulkhe... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6112466 | Seal mechanism for partition Operable partitions arrangements having operable seal mechanisms such that a seal can be created, when so desired, between the panel and a surface such as a floor, a ceiling, a wall, other panels, or other structures located adjacent the panel. The invent... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5964060 | Door with movable lower block A door locking and sealing system is provided including a doorway having a floor, a wall mounted on the floor with a rectangular cut out formed therein, and a recess formed in the floor along a lower edge of the cut out. Also included is a door housing ha... | 10/12/1999 |
| 4535578 | Seal-actuating mechanism for a wall panel A seal-actuating mechanism, which when mounted in a wall panel of the type having channel-shaped opposed frame members can be installed, replaced or repaired without removing the exterior finished surface of the wall panel. The seal-actuating mechanism in... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4307542 | Window A window with a sash mounted in a frame has elongated draft stops extending along the rails of the sash. The draft stops are disposed in the frame and normally project out to overlap the sash rails. The draft stops are retractible outwardly beyond the out... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4128967 | Windows and doors This invention relates to closure systems of the kind comprising a closure member such as a window or door movable within a fixed frame consisting of two frame-like parts which have a gap between them and are connected together by connector members such a... | 12/12/1978 |