A mechanism is described for leaves of a furniture item (10).

The furniture item comprises a compartment (V), a sliding leaf (22, 24) to close/uncover the compartment, a mechanism (40) mounted inside the compartment to support the leaf during a horizontal movement in order to uncover the compartment. The mechanism has a support point (48, 58) on the leaf when the leaf is moved to uncover the compartment, wherein the point is displaceable with respect to the furniture item along a direction parallel to the sliding of the leaf, said point being comprised in a rigid element (46, 56) constrained to the compartment.

A sliding door system for inline closure of an opening in the wall of a structure, which may be a building or an item of furniture, for example, that includes a door panel, a guiderail assembly, and a guiderail coupled to the wall mount via a plurality of doubled-hinge assemblies that together serve to allow the guiderail to pivot towards and away from the wall, and includes a stop on the guiderail that serves as a catch, or cam, that causes a closing force on the door panel to be transferred to the double-hinge assemblies and to cause the door panel to be pulled into inline closure in the opening.

A sliding door system for inline closure of an opening in the wall of a structure, which may be a building or an item of furniture, for example, that includes a door panel, a guiderail assembly, and a guiderail coupled to the wall mount via a plurality of doubled-hinge assemblies that together serve to allow the guiderail to pivot towards and away from the wall, and includes a stop on the guiderail that serves as a catch, or cam, that causes a closing force on the door panel to be transferred to the double-hinge assemblies and to cause the door panel to be pulled into inline closure in the opening.

A plug door opening-closing apparatus, which is adapted for use with a vehicle having a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, includes a door hanger capable of coupling to a door panel of the vehicle, a movable guide configured to guide movement of the door hanger in the front-rear direction and move in the width direction, a guide support member that guides movement of the movable guide in the width direction, and an interlock mechanism mechanically connected to the movable guide. The interlock mechanism is configured to conform a movement amount of a first portion of the movable guide in the vehicle width direction to a movement amount of a second portion of the movable guide in the vehicle width direction.

A sliding door system for inline closure of an opening in the wall of a structure, which may be a building or an item of furniture, for example. The sliding door system includes a door panel, a guiderail assembly having a wall mount fixedly attached to the wall above the opening and a guiderail coupled to the wall mount via a plurality of doubled-hinge assemblies that together serve to allow the guiderail to pivot towards and away from the wall. The top portion of the door panel has one ore more roller assemblies that are slidably coupled to the guiderail via rollers. A stop on the guiderail serves as a catch, or cam, that causes a closing force on the door panel to be transferred to the double-hinge assemblies and to cause the door panel to be pulled into inline closure in the opening.

A plug door opening-closing apparatus, which is adapted for use with a vehicle having a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, includes a door hanger configured to be coupled to a door panel of the vehicle, a movable guide configured to guide movement of the door hanger in the front-rear direction and move in the width direction, a guide support member that guides movement of the movable guide in the width direction, and an interlock mechanism mechanically connected to the movable guide.

A mechanism is described for leaves of a furniture item (10). The furniture item comprises a compartment (V), a sliding leaf (22, 24) to close/uncover the compartment, a mechanism (40) mounted inside the compartment to support the leaf during a horizontal movement in order to uncover the compartment. The mechanism has a support point (48, 58) on the leaf when the leaf is moved to uncover the compartment, wherein the point is displaceable with respect to the furniture item along a direction parallel to the sliding of the leaf, said point being comprised in a rigid element (46, 56) constrained to the compartment.

A sliding door system includes a support guidance for suspending a door leaf with respect to a framework. A steering track is fixed to the framework and an engaging front lever is mounted at a front edge of the door leaf. The support guidance is arranged independent from a steer guidance which provides a design freedom in which a rigidity of the support guidance can be increased independent from the steer guidance. The steer guidance can be designed with a compact configuration. A mechanical chain of connections of the door leaf to the swing shaft can be made more robust by adapting at least one of a slide bar, a sliding carriage and a swing arm, such that a substantial support of the door leaf is provided by this mechanical chain of connections.

A plug door opening-closing apparatus, which is adapted for use with a vehicle having a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, includes a door hanger capable of coupling a door panel of the vehicle, a movable guide configured to guide movement of the door hanger in the front-rear direction and move in the width direction, a guide support member that guides movement of the movable guide in the width direction, and an interlock mechanism mechanically connected to the movable guide. The interlock mechanism conforms a movement amount of a first portion of the movable guide to a movement amount of a second portion of the movable guide.

A sliding door assembly for incorporation within a wall, the assembly comprising a sliding door panel, a top rail guide and a bottom rail guide operatively associated with respective top and bottom ends of the sliding door panel to guide the same within a pair of cooperating guide tracks provided within each of the top rail guides and bottom rail guides, the top and bottom rails guides are not vertically interconnected whereby the pairs of cooperating guide tracks extend in a separate plane from that of the wall so that when the sliding door panel is fully opened it is disposed behind the wall. The invention includes a guide track that is bifurcated to provide multiple sliding door panels.