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US3126944A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Overhead self-storing garage screen door

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Granted: 1964-03-31
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Expires: 1981-03-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 20:15
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05D; E05D15/00; E05D15/56; E05D15/58; E05D15/582; E05D15/583

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 288 words
A COMBINATION DOOR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARAGE DOOR OPENINGS AND THE LIKE HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL JAMBS, COMPRISING A FIRST HINGED PANEL DOOR HAVING SPACED VERTICAL TRACKS WHICH CURVE BACKWARDLY AWAY FROM THE DOOR OPENING AND EXTEND INTO HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED LENGTHS PROVIDING A STORAGE FOR SAID FIRST DOOR, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL STORAGE MEANS SUSPENDED FROM AND LOCATED BENEATH THE LEVEL OF SAID HORIZONTAL TRACK LENGTHS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS, A SECOND DOOR HAVING A RIGID NON-HINGED PERIPHERAL FRAME, SAID SECOND DOOR BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS IN ITS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY STORED POSITION AND MOVABLE ON SAID ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS FROM A POSITION BEHIND SAID VERTICAL TRACKS TO PASS THROUGH THE DOOR OPENING, MEANS FORMING A GUIDEWAY ALONG TWO OF THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID SECOND DOOR AND WHICH ARE UPRIGHT WITH SAID SECOND DOOR IN ITS VERTICAL CLOSED POSITION, MEANS FORMING A SINGLE GUIDE ON EACH OF THE VERTICAL JAMBS OF THE DOOR OPENING AT THE TOPS THEREOF AND PROPORTIONED TO FIT SLIDEABLY WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE GUIDEWAYS OF SAID SECOND DOOR TO GUIDE THE FORWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF FROM ITS STORED POSITION AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID DOOR OPENING, SAID GUIDE MEANS BEING POSITIONED BEYOND THE ENDS OF THE GUIDEWAY MEANS ON THE SECOND DOOR AND SEPARATED THEREFROM WHEN THE SECOND DOOR IS BEHIND SAID VERTICAL TRACKS, AND ABUTMENT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN EACH OF SAID GUIDEWAYS AND MOVABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS RESPECTIVE GUIDE MEANS TO LIMIT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND DOOR OUT OF THE DOOR OPENING AND DEFINE A PIVOTING POSITION OF SAID SECOND DOOR WHICH IS SWUNG ABOUT THE GUIDE MEANS WITH THE ABUTMENT MEANS IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH INTO A VERTICAL CLOSING POSITION WITHIN THE DOOR OPENING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 288 words
A COMBINATION DOOR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARAGE DOOR OPENINGS AND THE LIKE HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL JAMBS, COMPRISING A FIRST HINGED PANEL DOOR HAVING SPACED VERTICAL TRACKS WHICH CURVE BACKWARDLY AWAY FROM THE DOOR OPENING AND EXTEND INTO HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED LENGTHS PROVIDING A STORAGE FOR SAID FIRST DOOR, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL STORAGE MEANS SUSPENDED FROM AND LOCATED BENEATH THE LEVEL OF SAID HORIZONTAL TRACK LENGTHS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS, A SECOND DOOR HAVING A RIGID NON-HINGED PERIPHERAL FRAME, SAID SECOND DOOR BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS IN ITS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY STORED POSITION AND MOVABLE ON SAID ANTIFRICTION BEARING MEANS FROM A POSITION BEHIND SAID VERTICAL TRACKS TO PASS THROUGH THE DOOR OPENING, MEANS FORMING A GUIDEWAY ALONG TWO OF THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID SECOND DOOR AND WHICH ARE UPRIGHT WITH SAID SECOND DOOR IN ITS VERTICAL CLOSED POSITION, MEANS FORMING A SINGLE GUIDE ON EACH OF THE VERTICAL JAMBS OF THE DOOR OPENING AT THE TOPS THEREOF AND PROPORTIONED TO FIT SLIDEABLY WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE GUIDEWAYS OF SAID SECOND DOOR TO GUIDE THE FORWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF FROM ITS STORED POSITION AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID DOOR OPENING, SAID GUIDE MEANS BEING POSITIONED BEYOND THE ENDS OF THE GUIDEWAY MEANS ON THE SECOND DOOR AND SEPARATED THEREFROM WHEN THE SECOND DOOR IS BEHIND SAID VERTICAL TRACKS, AND ABUTMENT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN EACH OF SAID GUIDEWAYS AND MOVABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS RESPECTIVE GUIDE MEANS TO LIMIT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND DOOR OUT OF THE DOOR OPENING AND DEFINE A PIVOTING POSITION OF SAID SECOND DOOR WHICH IS SWUNG ABOUT THE GUIDE MEANS WITH THE ABUTMENT MEANS IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH INTO A VERTICAL CLOSING POSITION WITHIN THE DOOR OPENING.

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