Patent ID: 6363993
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
An articulated door comprising:a plurality of adjacent panels including a first, a last and at least one intermediate panel; each said last and intermediate panel having a leading edge; each said first and intermediate panel having a trailing edge; each said leading edge having an outwardly facing convex surface; each said trailing edge having an inwardly facing concave surface which registers with said convex surface of an adjacent of said panels for pinch resistant articulation; each said last and intermediate panel having a channel extending into and running along the entire breadth of a rearward face thereof adjacent said leading edge, said channel having an axis generally coaxial with a focal axis of said convex surface; at least one pivoting bracket, for linking each adjacent pair of said panels, each of said pivoting brackets consisting of, a generally cylindrical base received in said channel and generally coaxial with said axis of said channel and an arm rigidly connected to and extending from said base, said arm having a mounting face on a base side thereof registering with a rearward face of one of said intermediate or first panels adjacent said trailing edge, said mounting face being generally tangential to said base; a retainer acting between said channel and said base for retaining said base in said channel at least during relative pivoting of said adjacent of said panels away from a closed configuration, said retainer being entirely disposed within said channel and, connecting means for releasably connecting each said pivoting bracket to said adjacent panels when said adjacent panels are positioned with said rearward faces generally coplanar, said connecting means including at least one fastener for securing said arm to said rearward face of said intermediate or first panel; said connecting means further includes a relieved portion on said base generally perpendicular to said mounting face for facilitating passage of said base into and out of said channel.