Garage door screen

A garage door screen system for allowing for a garage to be ventilated comprising, in combination:

• a garage door comprised of a plurality of horizontally extending sections positioned in a vertical array, each section having top and bottom edges the top and bottom edges of vertically adjacent sections being pivotally linked together;
• a screen door having a generally rectangular configuration, the screen door being defined by a peripheral frame including opposed long upper and lower members, opposed short side members, and a central support member connected between a central extent of the upper and lower members, the peripheral frame having a mesh screen extending therewithin, the long upper member hingedly secured to a bottom edge of a vertically lowest section of the vertical array of the garage door via a plurality of hinges each with a first planar portion mounted to the bottom edge of the garage door in generally coplanar relationship therewith and a second planar portion mounted to a top edge of the upper member of the screen door in coplanar relationship therewith, wherein the screen door pivots about an axis coincident with rear extents of the bottom edge of the garage door and the top edge of the screen door, the long lower member having a pair of latches mounted on opposing ends of a rear surface thereof adjacent to a bottom edge of the screen door and extending from the peripheral frame in generally perpendicular relationship therewith, the screen door hanging below the bottom edge of the garage door in an open orientation;
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• a pair of hooks secured to a rear surface of the lowest section of the garage door upwardly of the bottom edge thereof, the pair of hooks being spaced from the bottom edge of the lowest section of the garage door essentially equal to a height of the screen door, the pair of hooks each including a J-shaped outboard portion and an inboard bracket with a pair of ends mounted on the garage door and a grooved central portion for hingably receiving the outboard portion such that the outboard portion pivots about a horizontal axis, the pair of hooks adapted for engaging the pair of latches of the screen door in a closed orientation;
• wherein a vertical height of the screen door is substantially equal to a vertical height of one of the sections of the garage door such that the screen door does not interfere with pivoting of the sections of the garage door when the screen door is positioned in a closed orientation.