Patent ID: 8403022
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A system for opening a door of a garage, the system comprising: a track extending away from the door; a truck slidably mounted on the track and connected to the door with a connecting member; an operating means configured to slide the truck along the track; a release lever having proximate and distal ends and pivotally connected to the truck at the proximate end, the release lever configured to manually release the door from the operating means; a housing shell including an inner volume defined by walls of the housing shell, an aperture defined by edges of the housing shell, and an opening in a wall thereof, said aperture dimensioned to receive a portion of the truck and the release lever; and a release connector attached to the distal end of the release lever; wherein said housing shell is removably disposed in mechanical communication with the release lever such as to enclose the release lever received through the aperture in the inner volume, to cause the release connector to freely extend downward from the distal end of the release lever through the opening and outside of the housing shell, and to prevent a deflection of the release lever when the release connector is pulled towards the door.