Reversible garage door track bracket

A reversible garage door track bracket comprising:

• a short flange having a first length of between sixty and seventy millimeters, and including a plurality of rivet holes each for receiving a rivet therethrough;
• a long flange having a second length of between eighty and ninety millimeters, and including a plurality of rivet holes each for receiving a rivet therethrough;
• a bent portion connecting the short and long flanges, such that the flanges substantially define a right angle;
• a short dual-width slot substantially centered within the short flange for receiving either a lamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough;
• a long dual-width slot substantially centered within the long flange for receiving either a lamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough;
• and
• wherein each slot includes an elongated narrow portion and an elongated wide portion.

A reversible garage door track bracket comprising:

• a short flange having length of between sixty and seventy millimeters;
• a long flange having length of between eighty and ninety millimeters;
• a bent portion connecting the short and long flanges, such that the flanges substantially define a right angle;
• each flange including a plurality of rivet holes each between two and five millimeters in diameter for receiving a rivet therethrough;
• a short dual-width slot being between ten and twenty millimeters shorter than and substantially centered within the short flange for receiving either a jamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough;
• a long dual-width slot being between ten and twenty millimeters shorter than and substantially centered within the long flange for receiving either a jamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough;
• and
• each slot having a wide portion with a width of between six and eight millimeters and a narrow portion with a width of between three and five millimeters.

A method of mounting a garage door track to a jamb with a bracket to permit mounting of a garage door to the track, the method comprising the steps of:

• inspecting the garage door to determine its thickness;
• if the door is relatively thin,
• securing a short flange of the bracket to the track, and
• securing a long flange of the bracket to the jamb;
• and
• if the door is relatively thick,
• securing the long flange of the bracket to the track, and
• securing the short flange of the bracket to the jamb.

A reversible garage door track bracket comprising:

• a short flange;
• a long flange;
• a bent portion connecting the short and long flanges, such that the flanges substantially define a right angle;
• a first dual-width slot substantially centered within the short flange for receiving a bolt therethrough;
• and
• a dual-width slot substantially centered within the long flange for receiving a bolt therethrough, wherein each flange further includes a plurality of rivet holes each for receiving a rivet therethrough.

A reversible garage door track bracket comprising:

• a short flange having a first length of between sixty and seventy millimeters;
• a long flange having a second length of between eighty and ninety millimeters;
• a bent portion connecting the short and long flanges, such that the flanges substantially define a right angle;
• a short dual-width slot substantially centered within the short flange for receiving either a jamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough;
• and
• a long dual-width slot substantially centered within the long flange for receiving either a jamb bolt or a track bolt therethrough, wherein each flange further includes a plurality of rivet holes each for receiving a rivet therethrough.