Patent ID: 6209613
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
An apparatus for a garage having an outer wall with a doorway formed therethrough, the doorway having a pair of spaced apart side walls and a top wall, comprising:a guide track adapted to be fixedly mounted to the top wall of the doorway and to extend longitudinally therealong;a plurality of panels hingedly connected one to the other;means for slidably mounting said plurality of panels to said guide track for movement of said panels in an accordion-like manner, said mounting means including a guide element protruding from each said panel, said guide track receiving said guide elements for slidable movement of said panels therealong between a first extended position enclosing the doorway in a plane with said guide track and a second folded position in which the panels are normal to the plane of said guide track;each of said panels including a first side having a plurality of louvers pivotally mounted thereto for allowing a selective amount of light into the garage;a second guide track adapted to be fixedly attached to the top wall of the doorway and positioned adjacent a side wall thereof and normal to said guide track, said second guide track being spaced apart from said guide track and adapted to receive one of said guide elements therein for slidable movement of said plurality of panels from said second folded position to a third position displaced from said guide track.