Our goal is to offer you assistance in providing a safe swimming environment. Our founder opened the first approved Patio Door Closer Company in April of 1990. Since its inception, SlideRight, Inc. has installed over 40,000 units in Phoenix, AZ and the surrounding areas.

Benefits
Benefits and Features of our Self-Closing, Self-Latching Door System:

• Drowning prevention pool barrier
  
• Energy saving; prevents loss of hot and/or cool air and reduces utility bills
  
• Security and peace of mind
  
• Sliding doors close automatically, quietly and gently
  
• Professionally installed on any sliding door in minutes
  
• Double latching system
  
• Six (6) custom colors
  
• Two-year warranty on most purchases

How Does it Work?
The SlideRight®self-closing door mechanism is a pneumatic system, which simply means it works by compressing air. A complete system, or SlideRight®unit, consists of a door closing mechanism (cylinder) and a latch unit. The cylinder is attached to the back of the moving half of your sliding glass door, along with a cable that extends along the top of the door jam. The cylinder extends the length of your door, out of the way, and is color matched to blend in with your existing doorframe. The cylinder houses the cable, a weight, air seals, and adjustable air valve. When you open the door, the weight attached to the cable is moved in an upward motion, drawing in air through the air valve. Once the door is released gravity takes over, the weight moves back down the cylinder, compresses the air,
and returns the door to the closed and latched position. The closing speed is controlled by adjusting the air pressure in the cylinder by tightening or loosening a set screw in the air valve.

The latch unit consists of a latch box, latch bar, and latch handle. The latch box is installed on the outside of the door frame at the top of the door, opposite the closing cylinder, while the latch bar is installed at the top of the door jam. The latch handle is also attached to the door frame on the side opposite the cylinder, above
the existing door handle, at a minimum height of 54 inches above the finished floor, as required by code. To open the door, the latch handle is pulled down, retracting the plunger in the latch box until the door is opened enough to clear the double-tooth latch bar (about 6 inches). This allows the door to be opened in a single motion.

The door closing cylinder and the latch unit are independent of each other. While both are required to comply with the pool barrier codes, the door closing cylinder can be installed alone to realize the benefit of the energy efficiency provided by the system.

See an Illustration of How the SlideRight® System Works

Manufacturing Quality
Our product meets the highest industry standards for production, safety and quality assurance. All of the companies involved with the fabrication and production of the SlideRight self-closing and latching arcadia door mechanism are required to exhibit and maintain the same high standards.

Custom templates and molds are utilized in order to ensure an exact replica from our first unit produced in 1990 to our 40,000 + unit produced in 2005. Every component of the SlideRight mechanism was engineered with detailed specifications and force calculations to ensure reliability and performance. In short, the quality and detail of the SlideRight design is of the same caliber that would be applied to a product produced by a large company with full engineering resources. Therefore, we can guarantee the quality and specifications of every SlideRight self-closing and latching mechanism that is professionally installed.

The SLIDERIGHT self-closing and latching mechanism data provided is based on 15 years of field experience and in progress 3rd party testing. In addition, the current design is continually reviewed and updated to ensure the highest reliability, quality and standards.