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US 6,446,695 B1Granted
Single roll-up door with plural door facade
OwnerKent H. Forslandinventor
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Abstract
A roll-up door has a plurality of horizontally extended panels hinged together to permit the door to be moved between a vertical-orientation and a horizontal orientation relative to a doorway. A frame has border side members, a center member, and a top member secured to the outside to the panels exposes portions of the front walls of the panels. The exposed portions of the panels have door facades whereby the garage door has the appearance of two or more doors.
Claims4
A roll-up door having a front facade having the appearance of two doors comprising:
- a plurality of horizontally extended panels, each panel including a front wall and opposite ends, pivot means connecting adjacent panels for horizontal pivoting movement of the panels relative to each other, a frame attached to the front walls of the panels, said frame having first upright side members adjacent opposite ends of the front wall attached to the front wall of each panel, and a second upright member attached to the front wall in the center of the front wall of each panel, and an upright center post member attached to the second upright member of the frame of each panel, said center post member having an upper end located below the top of the door and extended outwardly from the second upright member of the frame whereby said front walls of the panels, first and second upright members of the frame, and center post member of the panels have a front facade having the appearance of two doors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.