Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Roll type
Patent
1998-07-24
2000-05-30
Stodola, Daniel P.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Roll type
160 41, 1602901, E06B 908
Patent
active
060680407
ABSTRACT:
An edge retainer for a slat of an overhead rolling door is formed of a plurality of elongate substantially horizontal slats each a which defines a slat plane and which has two opposing substantially parallel longitudinal edges in the lateral edge at each longitudinal end. Adjacent slats are hingedly interlocked at their longitudinal edges to enable the door to assume a rolled condition when the door is open and substantially planar when the door is closed. The retainer includes first and second members having mounting portions the lateral edge of the slat and are secured to opposite surfaces of the slat to receive at least a portion of the lateral edge sandwiched therebetween. An end lock is integrally formed with one of the mounting portions and extends from one side of the slat to the other side of the slat. A wind lock is integrally formed with the other mounting portion and extends from the other side thereof to the first side of the slot. In this way, longitudinally outwardly directed forces on at least one of the wind lock and end lock promotes the mounting portions to press against and grip the sandwiched portion of the lateral edge of the slot between the mounting portions.
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DeGiovanni Felice P.
Magro Sebastian
Alpine Overhead Doors, Inc.
Lev Bruce A.
Stodola Daniel P.
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