Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Movably interconnected
Patent
1991-01-17
1991-10-08
Foss, J. Franklin
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Movably interconnected
1602312, E06B 370
Patent
active
050545361
ABSTRACT:
Novel flexible hinge assemblies for connecting abutting panel sections of upward acting doors, such as garage doors, are disclosed. More particularly, abutting panel sections of an upward acting door are hingedly connected together economically and in a weather-tight relationship by a flexible hinge assembly which can be easily installed without the use of tools by snapping it into predesigned elongated slots in the abutting panel sections from the rear or interior side of the door. When assembled, a flexible hinge assembly of the present invention provides a smooth, flush back surface on the rear or interior side of an upward acting door and eliminates the unsightly appearance associated with conventional metal hardware heretofore used to hinge abutting panel sections of upward acting doors. Examplary of a novel hinge assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises an elongated flexible hinge having first and second arms connected to a central web formed with a material substantially resistant to flexure fatigue and two elongated slats wherein each arm is adapted to be inserted into one elongated slot along the abutting edge of one abutting panel section and each slat is likewise adapted to be inserted into one of the elongated abutting slots in contact with one of the arms inserted therein to lock the flexible hinge in the elongated slots and hingedly connect together the abutting panel sections for articulation with respect to each other.
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Leist Alan R.
Mushaben Thomas G.
Youtsey Thomas E.
Clopay Corporation
Foss J. Franklin
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