Patent ID: 6578619
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
In a multiple panel door construction comprising in combination:at least first and second adjacent articulated door panels, the panels hinged together at a hinge joint about an axis and including opposed edges at the hinge joint, the panels each including a front panel sheet section and a back panel sheet section with a connecting edge section provided at the edges of each respective panel, the opposed edges being configured to provide an opposed male and female shape in cross section to provide finger protection: the improvement comprising, a thermally insulating, non-conductive member interposed along each edge of the opposed edges and located between the front and back panel sections, the front and back panel sections being thereby separately thermally insulated one from the other; a front side panel protection including a lower edge female shape formed in the front panel sheet in opposed to an upper edge male shape formed in the front panel sheet of the adjacent panel; and a back side panel protection including a depending overlapping rib formed in the lower edge of the back panel sheet and a rearwardly projecting rim formed in the upper edge of the back panel sheet, whereby the overlapping rib extends into a gap between the hinge joint and the rearwardly projecting rib when the door panels are in a closed position.