Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – With mounting or supporting means
Patent
1998-04-23
2000-01-18
Stodola, Daniel P.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
With mounting or supporting means
160228, 1602291, 160235, 16355, 24587, E05D 1506
Patent
active
060150033
ABSTRACT:
A sectional overhead door construction utilizing articulated panels with a unique pinch-free interlocking system for connecting the lower edge of the panel with the upper edge of the panel therebelow utilizing a slotted configuration for greatly facilitating and expediting assembly. In preferred embodiments the panels will define an engagement finger positionable within an insertion slot or enlarged keyhole section of an adjacent panel. Movement of the engagement finger along the insertion slot will achieve placement thereof within an engagement slot which allows pivotal articulated relative movement between vertically adjacent sectional door panels within the articulated door panel apparatus.
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Lev Bruce A.
Stodola Daniel P.
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