Movable or removable closures – Closures interconnected for concurrent movement – Closures mounted for swinging
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-14
2001-12-04
Redman, Jerry (Department: 3634)
Movable or removable closures
Closures interconnected for concurrent movement
Closures mounted for swinging
C049S118000, C049S199000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06324787
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an adapter for electric garage door openers and more particularly pertains to allowing a standard electric garage door opener to open and close a pair of outwardly opening garage doors.
The use of garage door openers is known in the prior art. More specifically, garage door openers heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of opening garage doors are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, these patents do not describe an adapter for electric garage door openers for allowing a standard electric garage door opener to open and close a pair of outwardly opening garage doors.
In this respect, the adapter for electric garage door openers according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing a standard electric garage door opener to open and close a pair of outwardly opening garage doors.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which can be used for allowing a standard electric garage door opener to open and close a pair of outwardly opening garage doors. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of garage door openers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved adapter for electric garage door openers. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a sliding portion adapted for coupling with the track of the electric garage door opener. The sliding portion includes a vertical plate and a horizontal plate. The vertical plate has an upper end and a lower end. The horizontal plate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower end of the vertical plate is secured to the upper surface of the horizontal plate whereby the vertical plate extends upwardly from the horizontal plate in an orthogonal relationship. The sliding portion includes a sliding member slidably coupled with the upper end of the vertical plate. The sliding member has an upper end coupled with the track of the electric garage door opener. The sliding member has a cylindrical member extending downwardly therefrom. The cylindrical member has a release rope secured thereto whereby pulling on the rope will release the sliding member from the track. A pair of support bars extend between the sliding portion and the pair of outwardly opening garage doors. The support bars each have inner ends pivotally coupled with the lower surface of the horizontal plate of the sliding portion. The support bars each have outer ends pivotally coupled with the garage doors.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which has all the advantages of the prior art garage door openers and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such an adapter for electric garage door openers economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers for allowing a standard electric garage door opener to open and close a pair of outwardly opening garage doors.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved adapter for electric garage door openers including a sliding portion adapted for coupling with the track of the electric garage door opener. A pair of support bars extend between the sliding portion and the pair of outwardly opening garage doors.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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