Patent ID: 7631683
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system for covering and uncovering an opening through a wall, said opening defined by upper, lower, and opposing lateral margins, said system comprising: a one piece bracket mounted to an inside surface of said wall, said bracket including a substantially horizontal portion mounted above said upper margin of said opening and extending away from said wall, and a substantially vertical portion extending downward from said horizontal portion, thereby providing an open space between said vertical portion and said wall; a garage door assembly including a drive unit, a linear drive track attached at one end to said drive unit and at an opposite end to said vertical portion of said bracket wherein said linear drive track does not extend beyond said vertical portion of said bracket, a pair of tracks having vertical portions mounted in close proximity to said lateral margins of said opening, a garage door having a plurality of lateral rollers secured within said tracks, and a pivot arm connecting said garage door to said drive track; and a roll-up curtain assembly including a pair of linear curtain tracks mounted to said inside surface of said wall adjacent said lateral margins of said opening, a rotatable rod mounted above said upper margin of said opening between said vertical portion of said bracket and inside surface of said wall, and a flexible curtain having an upper first end affixed to said rod and a lower second end secured along its lateral edges within said linear curtain tracks; wherein each linear curtain track comprises a substantially planar back portion that abuts said inside surface of said wall and a front portion having at least one flexible flap attached thereto which does not extend into said opening, an internal flange connected to a first side of said back portion and having a substantially planar portion in spaced relationship to said back portion, and an external flange connected to a second side of said back portion and overlapping said planar portion of said internal flange; wherein said external flange has a substantially planar portion in spaced relationship to said back portion and to said planar portion of said internal flange thereby forming a longitudinal channel for receiving one of said lateral edges of said curtain; wherein said at least one flexible flap engages said garage door when said garage door is in a lowered position to form a seal between said linear track and said garage door; wherein said at least one flexible flap does not contact said curtain as said curtain is raised and lowered; and wherein said rotatable rod is positioned above a torsion spring, said rod being attached to said inside surface of said wall with attachment means which are separate from attachment means used to position said torsion spring between said vertical portion of said bracket and said wall.