Overhead door

Details Overhead door Overhead door

1994-02-18

1996-07-16

Johnson, Blair M.

Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel

Plural strip, slat, or panel type

With mounting or supporting means

160281, 16 87R, E05D 1516

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055358055

ABSTRACT:
An overhead door for a structure which includes a pair of tracks having inwardly facing surfaces which define a channel, and wherein the channels are mounted in predetermined substantially parallel spaced relation one to the other, a door panel located intermediate the pair of tracks and moveable along a predetermined path of travel which is defined by the pair of tracks, and a release assembly borne by the door panel and operable to releasably engage at least one of the tracks, the release assembly including a moveable plunger which is received in the channel of one of the tracks and which guides the door panel along the path of travel and which further becomes disengaged from the channel when force of a predetermined magnitude is applied to the door panel.

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