# US 11,999,323 B2 · Garage door cleaning curtain > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,999,323 B2 - Document ID: US11999323B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/880,503 - Filed: 2022-08-03 - Published: 2024-02-08 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-03 - Applicants: Ghassan Bilbeisi - Inventors: Ghassan Bilbeisi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11999323B2 ## CPC - B60S 3/04: for exteriors of land vehicles {(B60S3/002, B60S3/004 take precedence; specially adapted for railway vehicles B60S3/006)} - B08B 1/143: {Wipes} - B08B 1/20: Cleaning of moving articles, e.g. of moving webs or of objects on a conveyor - B08B 13/00: Accessories or details of general applicability for machines or apparatus for cleaning - B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL ## Abstract A car cleaning curtain for attaching to and hanging from a garage door including a curtain rod and flexible panel adapted to hang down from a garage door when the garage door is in an open position and adapted to attract and retain dust and dirt from surfaces of a vehicle when the vehicle is in contact with and is moving with respect to the car cleaning curtain. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A car cleaning curtain for garage doors, comprising: a flexible panel; wherein said flexible panel has a height and a width; wherein said flexible panel has a top edge; a bottom edge; a first side edge; and a second side edge; and wherein said flexible panel is formed from a material that is adapted to attract and retain dust and dirt from surfaces of a vehicle to clean said vehicle when said vehicle is in contact with and is moving with respect to said flexible panel; and a curtain rod including: an elongated body; wherein said elongated body has a length at least equal to said width of said flexible panel; and at least one connector member; wherein said at least one connector member is connected to said elongated body and is adapted to releasably attach to a garage door at a height thereof equal to said height of said flexible panel; wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is divided into a plurality of curtain rod sections that are interconnected at respective adjacent edges thereof by a flexible connector member, such that said car cleaning curtain can be folded and placed into a stored configuration; wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is hollow; and wherein said flexible connector member is formed as an elongated resilient cord extending through each of said plurality of curtain rod sections and is attached to opposite distal ends of said curtain rod; wherein a substantial portion of said top edge of said flexible panel is connected to said curtain rod; and wherein said flexible panel is adapted to hang down from said garage door when said garage door is in an open position and is adapted to attract and retain dust and dirt from surfaces of a vehicle when said vehicle is in contact with and is moving with respect to said car cleaning curtain. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The car cleaning curtain of claim 1, wherein said flexible panel includes: a first material; wherein said first material is connected at a top edge thereof to said curtain rod and extends therefrom: and a second material formed from a chamois cloth; wherein said second material is connected to a bottom edge of said first material and extends therefrom. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The car cleaning curtain of claim 2, wherein said first material is divided along a portion of its height into a first plurality of elongated strips; and wherein said second material is divided into a second plurality of elongated strips each respectively connected to a bottom edge of an elongated strip of said first material and extending therefrom. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The car cleaning curtain of claim 1, wherein said flexible panel includes: a first material; wherein said first material is connected at a top edge thereof to said curtain rod and extends therefrom: and a second material formed from a feather duster material; wherein said second material is connected to a bottom edge of said first material and extends therefrom. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The car cleaning curtain of claim 4, wherein said first material is divided along a portion of its height into a first plurality of elongated strips; and wherein said second material is divided into a second plurality of elongated strips each respectively connected to a bottom edge of an elongated strip of said first material and extending therefrom. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The car cleaning curtain of claim 1, wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is formed having a cylindrical shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The car cleaning curtain of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of curtain rod sections includes at least one said connector member adapted to releasably attach to said garage door. ### Claim 8 A combination of a garage door and a car cleaning curtain, said combination comprising: a garage door including: at least one panel; wherein each of said at least one panel includes: an outside surface; and an inside surface; wherein said garage door is adapted to be moved from a closed position covering a garage opening, and an open position wherein said garage door is lifted upwardly to a substantially horizontal position exposing said garage opening; and a car cleaning curtain comprising: a flexible panel; wherein said flexible panel has a height and a width; wherein said flexible panel has a top edge; a bottom edge; a first side edge; and a second side edge; and wherein said flexible panel is formed from a material that is adapted to attract and retain dust and dirt from surfaces of a vehicle to clean said vehicle when said vehicle is in contact with and is moving with respect to said flexible panel; and a curtain rod including: an elongated body; wherein said elongated body has a length at least equal to said width of said flexible panel; and at least one connector member; wherein said at least one connector member is connected to said elongated body and is adapted to releasably attach to said inside surface of said at least one panel of said garage door at a height thereof equal to said height of said flexible panel; wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is divided into a plurality of curtain rod sections that are interconnected at respective adjacent edges thereof by a flexible connector member, such that said car cleaning curtain can be folded and placed into a stored configuration; wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is hollow; and wherein said flexible connector member is formed as an elongated resilient cord extending through each of said plurality of curtain rod sections and is attached to opposite distal ends of said curtain rod; wherein a substantial portion of said top edge of said flexible panel is connected to said curtain rod; wherein said flexible panel is adapted to hang down from said garage door when said garage door is in an open position and is adapted to attract and retain dust and dirt from surfaces of a vehicle when said vehicle is in contact with and is moving with respect to said car cleaning curtain. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8, wherein said flexible panel includes: a first material; wherein said first material is connected at a top edge thereof to said curtain rod and extends therefrom: and a second material formed from a chamois cloth; wherein said second material is connected to a bottom edge of said first material and extends therefrom. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The combination of claim 9, wherein said first material is divided along a portion of its height into a first plurality of elongated strips; and wherein said second material is divided into a second plurality of elongated strips each respectively connected to a bottom edge of an elongated strip of said first material and extending therefrom. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8, wherein said flexible panel includes: a first material; wherein said first material is connected at a top edge thereof to said curtain rod and extends therefrom: and a second material formed from a feather duster material; wherein said second material is connected to a bottom edge of said first material and extends therefrom. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The combination of claim 11, wherein said first material is divided along a portion of its height into a first plurality of elongated strips; and wherein said second material is divided into a second plurality of elongated strips each respectively connected to a bottom edge of an elongated strip of said first material and extending therefrom. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8, wherein said elongated body of said curtain rod is formed having a cylindrical shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of curtain rod sections includes at least one said connector member adapted to releasably attach to said garage door. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The combination of claim 8, wherein said flexible panel of said car cleaning curtain has a height of four feet; and said garage door includes a plurality of panels pivotally connected to one another along adjacent edges thereof; and wherein said curtain rod is connected to one edge of one of said plurality of panels via said at least one connector member at approximately four feet from a bottom edge of said garage door.