Patent ID: 6415844
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A garage doorway screen apparatus comprising:a screen assembly for removably positioning in a garage doorway in a gap formed in the garage doorway by a partially opened garage door, said screen assembly including a pair of screen support members, said pair of screen support members including a first frame member and a second frame member, said second frame member being mounted on said first frame member in a manner permitting telescoping sliding of said second screen member with respect to said first screen member; and a releasable locking assembly for releasably locking said second frame member in a plurality of telescoped positions with respect to said first frame member to prevent sliding of said second frame member with respect to said first frame member, said releasable locking assembly including: an elongate intermediate cross member mounted on said second frame member, said intermediate cross member having a plurality of teeth being spaced along and disposed in a top edge thereof, said plurality of teeth defining a plurality of grooves therebetween; and a latch support member being attached to said first frame member; an elongate latch member having a plurality of teeth being spaced along and disposed in a bottom edge thereof, said plurality of teeth defining a plurality of grooves therebetween, said elongate latch member being pivotally mounted on said latch support member for pivoting downwardly into an engaged position and upward into a disengaged position such that gravity biases said latch member toward said engaged position, said engaged position being characterized by the plurality of teeth of said latch member engaging the plurality of grooves of said intermediate cross member for resisting sliding movement of said second frame member with respect to said first frame member from a selected position, said disengaged position being characterized by the plurality of teeth of said latch member being disengaged from the plurality of grooves of said intermediate cross member for permitting sliding movement of said second frame member with respect to said first frame member.