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US 5,427,169 AGranted
Flexible garage door screen
OwnerWade E. Saultersinventor
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Abstract
A garage screen enclosure for attachment to a garage door frame having a passageway which can be opened and closed using a pair of double sided zippers. The screen or portions of the screen can be wrapped around dowel rods and suspended from the garage door frame. Devices secure the zipper so that the passageway can be locked.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a garage door frame having a first vertical edge, a second vertical edge, and a horizontal edge;
- a first panel of flexible mesh material;
- a second panel of flexible mesh material;
- a third panel of flexible mesh material;
- a first fastening means for fastening a first edge of the first panel to the first vertical edge of the garage door frame;
- a second fastening means for fastening a second edge of the first panel to the horizontal edge of the garage door frame;
- a third fastening means for fastening a third edge of the first panel to the first edge of the second panel;
- a fourth fastening means for fastening a second edge of the second panel to the horizontal edge of the garage door frame;
- a fifth fastening means for fastening a third edge of the second panel to a first edge of the third panel;
- a sixth fastening means for fastening a second edge of the third panel to the horizontal edge of the garage door frame;
- a seventh fastening means for fastening a third edge of the third panel to the second vertical edge of the garage door frame;
- a first means for suspending the first panel from the garage door frame when the first panel is in a rolled up configuration;
- a second means for suspending the second panel from the garage door frame when the second panel is in a rolled up configuration;
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- a third means for suspending the third panel from the garage door frame when the third panel is in a rolled up configuration.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a garage door frame;
- a sheet of flexible screening material, having a first pair of parallel adjacent edges and a second pair of parallel adjacent edges;
- a perimeter fastening means for releasably fastening the sheet to the garage door frame;
- a first fastening means for releasably fastening the first pair of parallel adjacent edges;
- a second fastening means for releasably fastening the second pair of parallel adjacent edges;
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- a means for suspending the sheet from the garage door frame while said sheet is in a rolled up configuration.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a garage door frame having a strip of hooking fabric attached to the frame's perimeter;
- a sheet of flexible screening material forming a generally rectangular shaped garage screen attached to the garage door frame with a strip of looping fabric attached to the screening material perimeter, the garage screen having a length substantially greater than the garage door frame wherein a bottom portion of the screening material lies on a ground surface beneath the garage door frame;
- a pair of double sided zippers attached to the screening material to form a doorway opening thereby forming at least three separate portions of the bottom portion of the screening material;
- a hem consisting of at least three portions, formed at the bottom edge of the screening material;
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- a plurality of dowel rods received in the hem.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.