Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – With mounting or supporting means
Patent
1997-04-25
1999-11-30
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
With mounting or supporting means
16 97, 16225, 403393, E05D 1506
Patent
active
059924977
ABSTRACT:
A connection system for interconnecting various components, such as components of an overhead garage door system, is provided which includes, in one aspect, a first component having a pair of spaced apart hook members, an intermediate guide member and a detent extending from a planar body of the first component. A second component includes a pair of spaced apart apertures which are shaped and aligned to receive the hook members, and an intermediate aperture which is shaped and aligned to receive the guide member upon registration of the first and second components in face-abutting relationship. As the first and second components are translated relative to each other, the detent of the first component engages the intermediate aperture of the second component to thereby establish a connection between the first and second components. Connection of a roller bracket to a door stile of an overhead garage door system is provided by the novel connection system, as well as connection of a door stile to a door panel. In a second aspect of the invention, interconnection of horizontal tracks, vertical tracks and track radiuses is provided by the novel connection system to form continuous door tracks on opposite sides of a door frame.
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Bailey Bob
Carper Kenneth E.
Jaehnen Edwin C.
Lewis, Jr. Richard J.
Clopay Building Products Company Inc.
Johnson Blair M.
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