Patent ID: 6557614
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B,Y10S

Abstract:
A retractable screen installation in combination with a sectional garage door comprising:a screen panel including a rectangular screen frame aligned with and slidably mounted to a lowermost section of said sectional garage door, said screen frame of a length approximately equal to the width of said lowermost door section and of a height such that said screen panel is able to cover an opening created when said garage door is partially raised to a height equal or less than the height of said screen panel; a pair of laterally spaced part latching mechanisms each adapted to hold up a respective side of said screen panel in a retracted position overlying said lowermost door section, said latch mechanisms each including a selectively operable release operator and a manually engageable release lever associated with each latch mechanism release operator, said release levers located between said latch mechanisms at point each latch mechanism having a terminal portion juxtaposed with the terminal portion of the other release lever sufficiently close to each other so as to allow simultaneous manual release of both latch mechanisms by squeezing together said release lever terminal portions by an operator standing between the sides of the screen panel.