Patent ID: 6945304
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A single-piece molded plastic hanger for use in a strip door system for providing a barrier in a vertical plane of an opening, said hanger for supporting vertically hanging flexible plastic strips, each strip having a row of uniformly spaced apertures along an upper end portion, said single-piece molded plastic hanger comprising an elongated backing-plate portion for attaching said hanger to a header of the opening, said backing-plate portion having a plurality of means for supporting said vertically hanging plastic strips, an elongated cover portion, for retaining said strips on said supporting means when in a closed condition, and an elongated continuous hinge portion connecting a longitudinal edge of said backing-plate portion and a longitudinal edge of said cover portion to enable movement of the cover portion to an opened and the closed condition, wherein a plurality of said supporting means engage said cover portion when rotated to the closed condition, to maintain said cover portion in said closed condition, and said means for supporting said plastic strips include a plurality of protruding supporting studs and a plurality of protruding locking studs arranged along a longitudinal axis of said backing-plate portion, said supporting studs and said locking studs having a spacing corresponding to the spacing of said uniformly spaced apertures of said flexible plastic strips, said locking studs engaging said cover portion to maintain said cover portion in said closed condition.