Flexible elevated retractable screen enclosure
OwnerMaxwell John McLaughlininventor
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A flexible retractable screen assembly is disclosed for any garage door of the type that ends with the garage door substantially parallel to a garage floor when in a fully opened condition. The assembly includes a frame sub-assembly with bases 21R, 21L, 31R, 31L symmetrically disposed in the corners of an entire interior side of a garage door. Vertically positioned flexible track members 41L, 41R disposed at opposite ends of garage door are mounted, elevated off door to traverse an entire height of garage door, in respective end corner bases 21R, 31R or 21L, 31L. Flexible dual-purpose conjunctive rods 60L, 60R, disposed at opposite ends, slidably engages respective tracks 41L, 41R and screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R. Fixedly attached to each rod 60L, 60R above and below screen sub-assembly attachment slips 90L, 90R to restrict their movement are respectively, a horizontal support brace 82 and a concert drag 72. A rod end 63L of each respective rod 60L, 60R increases in dimension and acts as a wedge to releasably lock each rod 60L, 60R in its respective track 41l, 41R, during operation of a garage door. A single screen panel sub-assembly consists of attachment slips 90L, 90R, vertically positioned disposed at opposite ends on vertical seams 37L, 37R between a main portion 99 and each of an adjacent side auxiliary portions 92L, 92R, and an adjacent upper auxiliary portion 96. When in a deployed condition, hook and loop fasteners are used to enclose openings, not enclosed by main portion 99, at top between bottom panel of a garage door (not shown) and a header of a garage door jam (not shown) and at sides as rods 60L, 60R telescope bowing outwardly from tracks 41L, 41R and back to engage a garage floor (not shown).
A retractable screen assembly in combination with an overhead garage door, which has an interior and an exterior side that are perpendicular to a floor of a garage in a fully or partially closed condition, and ends in a fully opened condition with the door substantially parallel to the floor of the garage, said assembly comprising:
A retractable screen assembly in combination with a singled paneled overhead garage door, that ends in a fully opened condition with an interior side of said door substantially parallel to a floor of a garage, where said door is either fully open or fully closed, said assembly comprising:
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