Overhead garage door
AssigneeFrenchporte IP, L.L.C.
InventorsXiao-Ming Ni, Jennifer Maher
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Abstract
An overhead garage door has an apparatus for pinch resistant operation. The garage door may include horizontal sections and the door may be formed from a plurality of these sections, arranged in a stack, and pivotally connected to adjacent sections. The apparatus, such as meeting rails, may be attached to adjacent horizontal sections to mask the appearance of a seam created as adjacent sections are joined or provide pinch resistant operation.
Claims20
A sectional overhead garage door, comprising:
- a first door section;
- a second door section;
- the first door section and the second door section being configured to be hingely attached to each other;
- an upper rail being attached to the first door section, the upper rail having a convex protrusion;
- and
- a lower rail being attached to the second door section, the lower rail having a multiple arcuate surface, the surface having a concave portion which mates with the convex protrusion when the first section and the second section are in a closed position.
The garage door of clam 1, wherein the arcuate surface has an inflection region.
An overhead garage door incorporating decorative elements of a house facade, the door comprising:
- at least a first plurality of light-transmitting panels on the door having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and configured to give the appearance of a French door;
- a plurality of horizontal panels arranged in a stack, wherein the plurality of light-transmitting panels are located on the horizontal panels;
- a pinch resistant apparatus between the horizontal panels;
- and
- a hinge connecting the plurality of horizontal panels.
An overhead garage door, comprising:
- a pinch resistant apparatus, including:
- a top rail having a convex protrusion;
- a bottom rail with a compound curvature surface;
- a hinge;
- wherein the convex protrusion mates within a concave portion of the curvature surface in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.