Leaf bumper assembly
AssigneeCanimex Inc.
InventorsMichel Beaudoin, Pierre-Louis Foucault, Erik Nadeau
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Abstract
A leaf bumper assembly for stopping displacement of a garage door guided along a side rail track. The leaf bumper assembly includes a bracket and a strap. The bracket has a first portion rigidly connected to a fixed structure and a second portion positioned to abut with an edge of the garage door for stopping displacement thereof. The strap has a first end affixed to the first portion of the bracket and a second end affixed to the second portion of the bracket. By virtue of its design, the leaf bumper assembly prevents broken pieces from falling to the ground when the bracket of the assembly is broken.
Claims19
A leaf bumper assembly for stopping displacement of a cable-operated door guided along a side rail track, said leaf bumper assembly comprising:
- a bracket having first and second portions, the first portion of the bracket being rigidly connected to a fixed structure and the second portion of the bracket being positioned to abut with an edge of the cable-operated door for stopping displacement thereof;
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- a strap having first and second ends, the first end of the strap being affixed to the first portion of the bracket and the second end of the strap being affixed to the second portion of the bracket.
A leaf bumper assembly for stopping displacement of a garage door guided along a side rail track, said leaf bumper assembly comprising:
- a bracket having first and second portions, the first portion of the bracket being rigidly connected to a fixed structure and the second portion of the bracket being positioned to abut with an edge of the garage door for stopping displacement thereof;
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- a strap having first and second ends, the first end of the strap being affixed to the first portion of the bracket and the second end of the strap being affixed to the second portion of the bracket;
- wherein the first portion of the bracket is connected to a portion of the side rail track by means of an L-shaped bracket;
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- wherein the bracket and the strap have complementary J-shaped configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.