Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – With mounting or supporting means
Patent
1995-09-29
1997-04-15
Canfield, Robert
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
With mounting or supporting means
521671, 521673, 521272, 527413, 52DIG12, E05D 1526
Patent
active
056200382
ABSTRACT:
A garage door bracing arrangement for reinforcing the entire vertical extent of a multi-panel garage door against high velocity (e.g. hurricane-force) winds is comprised of a plurality of vertically extending door-stiffening column members. These door-stiffening column members are pivotally attached to upper mounting brackets affixed to the garage building structure directly above the garage door opening. Lower mounting brackets are affixed to second ends of the column members and are configured to be anchored to the garage floor directly beneath the upper mounting brackets. The door-stiffening column members are further attachable to deflection brackets that are mounted to the door panel hinge joints, so that the garage door panels are securely braced over the entire height of the garage door by an anchoring structure that prevents the garage door from being flexed off its guide tracks and becoming detached by the impact of or the vacuum created by intense winds. In addition, in its installed position, the garage door bracing arrangement of the present invention provides a security measure against intruders, as it prevents the garage door from being opened.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2783508 (1957-03-01), Keating
patent: 3853166 (1974-12-01), Wrono
patent: 5383509 (1995-01-01), Gaffney et al.
patent: 5445207 (1995-08-01), Romanelli et al.
Advertising flyer from B.I.G. Manufacturing Corporation, Stuart, Florida, entitled "Automatic Garage Door Brace".
Back Vernon
DeCola Salvatore M.
Canfield Robert
Secure Door, Vertical Bracing Components Company, Inc.
Wands Charles E.
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