Universal roller bracket for a movable barrier
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorBradley J. Lee
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Abstract
A universal roller bracket for a movable barrier having a surface, the universal roller bracket comprising: a first bracket section configured to be coupled to the movable barrier; a first arm extending from the first bracket section; and a plurality of roller tubes supported by the first arm and spaced from the surface of the movable barrier by the first arm, each roller tube of the plurality of roller tubes configured to receive a roller stem, each roller tube being spaced a different distance from the surface of the movable barrier.
Claims20
A universal roller bracket for a movable barrier, the universal roller bracket comprising:
- a first bracket section comprising a protrusion configured to be coupled to the movable barrier, wherein the protrusion is configured to permit the universal roller bracket to slide in a lateral direction along the movable barrier and is configured to prevent the universal roller bracket from moving in a transverse direction away from the movable barrier;
- a first arm extending from the first bracket section;
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- a plurality of roller tubes supported by the first arm and spaced from the first bracket section by the first arm, each roller tube of the plurality of roller tubes configured to receive a roller stem, each roller tube being spaced a different distance from the first bracket section.
A movable barrier system, comprising:
- a first section of a movable barrier comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface comprising a retaining groove;
- a first universal roller bracket comprising:
- a first bracket section comprising a protrusion configured to be positioned within the retaining groove of the first section, wherein the protrusion is configured to permit the first universal roller bracket to slide in a lateral direction along the movable barrier and is configured to prevent the first universal roller bracket from moving in a transverse direction away from the movable barrier;
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- a first plurality of roller tubes spaced from the inner surface, wherein each roller tube is positioned a different distance from the inner surface;
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- a roller comprising a roller stem, wherein the roller stem is configured to be positioned within one of the first plurality of roller tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.