Sectional upward acting door and method of assembly

A method for assembling a door panel for a sectional door comprising the steps of:

• providing a panel skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges, said top and bottom edges including spaced apart stile locating openings formed therein, respectively;
• providing opposed end stiles engageable with said skin part at opposite side edges of said skin part, respectively, each of said stiles including opposed flange portions including a locating surface formed thereon, respectively, and engageable with said locating openings formed on said opposed edges of said skin part, respectively;
• providing opposed hinge parts for connection to said panel adjacent said opposed edges of said skin part, said hinge parts each including a locating boss thereon adapted to be engageable with hinge part locating openings in said end stiles, respectively;
• positioning said end stiles adjacent to said edges of said skin part, respectively, and registering said locating surfaces of said stiles in engagement with said skin part at said openings to position said end stiles with respect to said skin part;
• engaging said locating bosses on said hinge parts with said locating openings on said end stiles;
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• securing said hinge parts and said end stiles to said skin part.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart stiles adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, at least one of said stiles comprising top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said at least one stile with respect to said skin part;
• opposed hinge parts adapted to connect to said panel adjacent said top and bottom edges, respectively, in predetermined positions on said top and bottom edges, each of said hinge parts comprising a locating feature formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, thereby situating said hinge parts in predetermined positions on said panel;
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• said locating feature on at least of one of said hinge parts comprises a boss projecting from a mounting face of said one hinge part and disposed in a slot formed in one of said skin part and said at least one stile.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart stiles adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, at least one of said stiles comprising top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said at least one stile with respect to said skin part;
• opposed hinge parts adapted to connect to said panel adjacent said top and bottom edges, respectively, in predetermined positions on said top and bottom edges, each of said hinge parts comprising a locating feature formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said hinge parts in predetermined positions on said panel;
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• one of said hinge parts comprises a hinge pin and the other of said hinge parts comprises a pin receiving bore, said bore being defined in part by elastically deflectable fingers for receiving said pin of said one hinge part for registration in said bore and for retaining said pin in said bore.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart stiles adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, at least one of said stiles comprising top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said at least one stile with respect to said skin part;
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• said at least one stile includes spaced-apart clips formed thereon and positioned adjacent a flange of said at least one stile to form a plurality of spaced-apart slots for receiving a side edge of said skin part, respectively.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart stiles adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, at least one of said stiles comprising top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said at least one stile with respect to said skin part;
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• a flange of said at least one stile includes spaced-apart retaining tabs formed thereon for receiving a guide member support bracket for supporting said bracket on said at least one stile.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart stiles adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, at least one of said stiles comprising top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively engageable with a cooperating locating feature, formed on said top and bottom edges, situating said at least one stile with respect to said skin part;
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• at least one bottom edge bracket adapted to be secured to said skin part and including a hook part engageable in a slot formed on said flange on said at least one stile when said bracket is secured to said door panel at said bottom edge.

A sectional door panel comprising:

• a skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges;
• spaced apart end stiles and at lease one intermediate stile adapted to connect to said skin part at said top and bottom edges, said stiles each comprising opposed top and bottom flange portions, said top and bottom flange portions each including a locating surface formed thereon and respectively disposed in spaced apart slots formed in said top and bottom edges, respectively, situating said stiles with respect to said skin part;
• each of said opposed flange portions on each of said stiles includes spaced apart fastener receiving holes formed therein and disposed on opposite sides of said locating surfaces, respectively;
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• said locating surfaces formed on said opposed flange portions comprise elongated slots delimited by peripheral flange portions extending normal to said opposed flange portions, respectively.

A method for assembling a door panel for a sectional door comprising the steps of:

• providing a panel skin part comprising an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges, said top and bottom edges each including a plurality of spaced apart stile locating features formed thereon;
• providing opposed end stiles engageable with said skin part at opposite side edges of said skin part, respectively, each of said end stiles having top and bottom flange portions including a locating feature formed thereon, respectively, and engageable with said stile locating features formed on said top and bottom edges;
• providing said end stiles with spaced apart clips formed thereon and defining narrow slots between said clips and a flange portion of said end stiles, respectively;
• positioning said end stiles adjacent to said side edges of said skin part, respectively, and registering said locating features of said top and bottom flange portions in engagement with said stile locating features to situate said end stiles with respect to said skin part;
• inserting side edges of said skin part in said slots to aid in securing and locating said end stiles with respect to said skin part, respectively;
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• securing said end stiles to said skin part, respectively.

A method for assembling a door panel for a sectional door comprising the steps of:

• providing a panel skin part comprising an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges, said top and bottom edges each including a plurality of spaced apart stile locating features formed thereon;
• providing opposed end stiles engageable with said skin part at opposite side edges of said skin part, respectively, each of said end stiles having top and bottom flange portions including a locating feature formed thereon, respectively, and engageable with said stile locating features formed on said top and bottom edges;
• providing said end stiles with spaced apart openings formed in opposed flanges thereof;
• positioning said end stiles adjacent to said side edges of said skin part, respectively, and registering said locating features of said top and bottom flange portions in engagement with said stile locating features to situate said end stiles with respect to said skin part;
• securing said end stiles to said skin part, respectively;
• positioning said panel adjacent a door jamb;
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• temporarily securing said panel to said door jamb with elongated fasteners projecting through said openings in said end stiles, respectively.

A method for assembling a door panel for a sectional door comprising the steps of:

• providing a panel skin part including an elongated front face and opposed top and bottom edges, said top and bottom edges including spaced apart openings forming stile locating features thereon, respectively;
• providing opposed end stiles engageable with said skin part at opposite side edges of said skin part, respectively, each of said stiles including opposed flange portions each including a projection thereon forming a stile locating feature, respectively, and engageable with said locating features formed on said opposed edges of said skin part;
• positioning said end stiles adjacent to said edges of said skin part, respectively, and registering said locating features of said stiles in engagement with said locating features of said skin part to positively position said end stiles with respect to said skin part;
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• securing said end stiles to said skin part, respectively.