Patent ID: 7866368
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A multiple panel, garage door construction comprising: a generally rectangular first panel; a generally rectangular second panel, said first panel and said second panel each including a first, outer, panel sheet and a second, inner, panel sheet spaced from the first panel sheet; said first and second sheets of the first panel and of the second panel each including a generally straight first edge and a generally straight opposite side second edge, said first and second panel sheets of said respective first and second panels being generally congruent, said first panel having said first side edge with a first cross-sectional configuration, said second panel having said second side edge with a second cross-sectional configuration aligned in opposed relation to the first side edge of the first panel, said second cross-sectional configuration generally complimentary with said first panel first cross-sectional configuration to provide a generally pinch proof, sealed joint upon generally flat planar alignment of said first panel and said second panel effected by closing of an array of said first panel with said second panel; said first cross-sectional configuration of said first side edge of the first panel including: a front, generally planar face of said first outer panel sheet, an inwardly, generally transverse shelf of said first outer panel sheet, an upwardly and inwardly inclined wall of said first outer panel sheet with an extending end, said inclined wall connected at the extending end thereof to said second inner panel sheet of said first panel solely by an adhesive material joint; said second cross-sectional configuration of said second panel edge including: a front, generally planar face of said first outer panel sheet connected by a support edge of said first outer panel sheet to an upwardly and inwardly inclined wall of said first outer panel sheet connected to a generally inwardly extending wall, said inwardly extending wall adhered to the second inner panel sheet of said second panel solely by an adhesive material joint, said first side edge of said first panel configured to subtend the opposed second side edge of said second panel in the panel array closed position with said support edge of said second side edge generally supported solely on said transverse shelf of said first side edge, said first side edge panel sheets and said second side edge panel sheets otherwise not contacting one another and said respective inclined walls subtending each other; said first side edge defining a generally tongue configuration compatible with a generally groove configuration of said second side edge in combination providing a pinch proof panel joint; and at least a first sealing member and a second sealing member positioned respectively in the inclined wall of said first outer panel sheet of said first side edge and the inclined wall of said first outer panel sheet of said second side edge in opposed and unaligned relation to effect sealing of said panels in between said inclined walls when said panels are aligned generally horizontally by engagement of each seal with an opposed inclined wall.