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US 2021/0340799 A1Published application
Laminate panel and overhead sectional door panel with laminate panels and a universal fabric hinge
AssigneeClopay Corporation
InventorJohn K. McGee
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Abstract
In example a panel for an overhead sectional door is provided. The panel includes a laminate core, a laminate skin, and a universal fabric hinge. The laminate skin is coupled to two opposing sides of the laminate core. The universal fabric hinge is coupled to the laminate skin to connect the panel to an adjacent panel of the overhead sectional door.
Claims20
A panel for an overhead sectional door, comprising:
- a laminate core;
- a laminate skin coupled to two opposing sides of the laminate core;
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- a universal fabric hinge coupled to the laminate skin to connect the panel to an adjacent panel of the overhead sectional door.
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An overhead sectional door, comprising:
- a track system;
- at least one non-laminate panel movably coupled to the track system;
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- at least one laminate panel movably coupled to the track system, wherein the at least one laminate panel is mechanically connected to a lower edge of the at least one non-laminate panel via a universal fabric hinge that is folded into a first orientation to form a laminate-to-non-laminate center hinge.
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A universal fabric hinge to connect a laminate panel to an adjacent laminate panel or an adjacent non-laminate panel, comprising:
- a plurality of through-holes symmetrically arranged in the universal fabric hinge;
- a first fold line located at a mid-point of a height of the universal fabric hinge;
- a second fold line located at a bottom quarter of the height of the universal fabric hinge;
- a third fold line located at an angle relative to the first fold line;
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- a fourth fold line located at an angle relative to the first fold line, wherein the first fold line, the third fold line, and the fourth fold line are arranged to form an isosceles triangle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.