Patent ID: 6524181
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: E06B,F24F

Abstract:
A garage venting apparatus, comprising:one or more venting structures positioned in a moveable overhead garage door of a garage to provide a vent therethrough; each said venting structure being operably connected with an associated series of movable venting louvers; each said series of movable venting louvers being disposed on an exterior surface of said garage door; each said series of movable venting louvers being positioned to lie flat against said exterior surface of said moveable overhead garage door when its associated venting structure is closed; each said venting structure being provided with an exhaust fan; each said exhaust fan being provided with one or more fan blades; each of said fan blades is confined within the cross-sectional thickness of said moveable overhead garage door; said moveable louvers of said venting structures being positioned and operably connected to automatically open and close in response to the operation of its associated exhaust fan; each said exhaust fan extending into the interior of said garage; said venting structures and said exhaust fans being moveable in unison with said moveable overhead garage door; control means for energizing and de-energizing said exhaust fans for removing excessive heat which has built up in said garage; and said control means comprises a manually-operable switch for controlling the energizing and de-energizing of said exhaust fans for removing excessive heat which has built up in said garage.