Patent ID: 7114753
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door-latching system for a sectional door having a plurality of door panels that are moveable between an open position and a closed position, comprising: a sensing member adapted to sense that the plurality of door panels have reached the open position; a latch member mountable adjacent to the sectional door and being moveable from a maintained release position to a door-blocking position, wherein the latch member in the maintained release position allows at least some of the plurality of door panels to travel past the latch member, and in the door-blocking position the latch member inhibits the closing movement of the plurality of door panels; and a traveling member mountable to the plurality or door panels, such that the traveling member is able to move past the latch member without contacting the latch member as the plurality of door panels move from the closed position to the open position and such that the traveling member is able to engage the sensing member when the plurality of door panels have nearly reached the open position, wherein the traveling member engaging the sensing member causes the latch member to move from the maintained release position to the door-blocking position.