Sectional door with extruded panel members
AssigneeRite-Hite Holding Corporation
InventorRonald P. Snyder
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Abstract
A sectional door includes a series of track-guided pivotal door panels, wherein at least one of the door panels comprises several interlocked panel members. The panel members are of various widths so they can be assembled in different combinations to create a door panel of a desired total width. The panel members can be extrusions that are readily cut to length to match doorways of various widths. The ability to readily provide a panel in various widths and lengths makes such a door panel particularly useful as a replacement panel whose size needs to match that of existing door panels. In some cases, one or more panel members can be transparent to create a door panel with an integral window.
Claims45
A door panel attachable to an adjacent panel of a sectional door, the door panel comprising:
- a first panel member adapted to be pivotally attached to the adjacent panel;
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- a second panel member, wherein the first panel member and the second panel member define an interlocking connection that restricts panel-to-panel separation of the second panel member and the first panel member within a plane of the doorway and that allows the second panel member to move slidably across the doorway.
A door panel attachable to an adjacent panel of a sectional door, the door panel comprising:
- a first panel member adapted to be pivotally attached to the adjacent panel along a pivotal axis;
- and
- a second panel member, wherein the first panel member and the second panel member define an interface therebetween that slidably connects the first panel member to the second panel member, wherein the interface provides greater panel-to-panel separation resistance of the first panel member from the second panel member perpendicular to the pivotal axis than parallel to the pivotal axis.
A sectional door, comprising:
- a first panel member;
- an adjacent panel pivotally attached to the first panel member;
- and
- a second panel member, wherein the first panel member and the second panel member define an interlocking connection therebetween that horizontally, slidably connects the first panel member to the second panel member, and wherein the first panel member and the second panel member have the same length.
A door panel attachable to an adjacent panel of a sectional door, the door panel comprising:
- a first panel member adapted to be pivotally attached to the adjacent panel;
- a second panel member;
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- an end cap attached to an end of the first panel member and the second panel member, wherein the end cap holds the first panel member substantially fixed to the second panel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.