ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,936, issued on July 29, was assigned to Oahu B.V. (Bolsward, Netherlands) and Ventura Systems C.V. (Bolsward, Netherlands).
"Advanced modular sliding (AMS) door system" was invented by Hilbrand Hans Asjes (Bolsward, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ...