Overhead garage door selectively inflatable seal apparatus and method of installation and use
AssigneeGridz LLC
InventorWilliam Keith Earnest
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Abstract
An inflatable seal apparatus for selectively sealing a garage door within an opening, the apparatus having a plurality of inflatable members arranged with a seal body configured for selectively sealing the garage door opening, each inflatable member having one or more of an inflatable member side wall and an inflatable member end wall and having an inflation valve operably installed within the inflatable member side wall or the inflatable member end wall so as to be accessible through the seal body.
Claims15
An inflatable seal apparatus for selectively sealing a garage door within an opening, the apparatus comprising:
- a seal body formed as a U-shaped body configured for installation on a bottommost rail of the garage door so as to selectively seal between the garage door and a floor beneath the garage door;
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- two or more inflatable members positioned in an end-to-end widthwise arrangement within the U-shaped body between the U-shaped body and the bottommost rail, with the inflatable members not in fluid communication and each inflatable member having an inflation valve operably installed within a respective inflatable member side wall of each inflatable member so as to be accessible through the U-shaped body for selectively manually inflating each inflatable member independently.
An inflatable seal apparatus for selectively sealing a garage door within an opening, the apparatus comprising:
- a seal body formed as a trim piece body configured for installation on a door frame header or jamb of the garage door opening adjacent to the garage door so as to selectively seal between the trim piece body and both the garage door and the door frame header or jamb;
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- at least one inflatable member spanning the length of the door frame header or jamb of the garage door and positioned in a parallel lengthwise arrangement within a lengthwise groove formed in an inner face of the trim piece body so as to seal between the trim piece body and the door frame header or jamb, each inflatable member having one or more of an inflatable member side wall and an inflatable member end wall and having an inflation valve operably installed within the inflatable member side wall or the inflatable member end wall so as to be accessible through the seal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.