Patent ID: 6112464
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
In an upward acting door forming a closure over a garage opening, spaced apart guide tracks disposed adjacent opposite sides of said door, opposed guide members engaged with respective ones of said tracks for guiding said door between open and closed positions, said door including opposed vertical side edges and a horizontally extending downwardly facing bottom edge when said door is in a closed position, a counterbalance mechanism including opposed elongated cables depending along said vertical side edges of said door, said guide members being mounted on said door adjacent said bottom edge, respectively, each of said guide members being connected directly to one of said cables for exerting a lifting force on said door through said guide members, respectively, and opposed brackets secured to said door along said vertical side edges of said door and engaged with said bottom edge of said door, respectively, each of said brackets comprising two opposed elongated leg portions extending substantially normal to each other, one of said leg portions being disposed along one of said vertical side edges and including spaced apart fastener receiving holes adjacent one of said cables for receiving fasteners for securing said bracket to said door at said vertical side edge and the other of said leg portions extending along and engaged with said bottom edge of said door, and each of said brackets includes a bore in said one leg portion for receiving a support shaft for one of said guide members, respectively, whereby said guide members are operable to exert upward lifting forces on said door through said brackets along said vertical side edges and said bottom edge, respectively.