Patent ID: 6062293
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A reinforced garage door in which said garage door has a plurality of horizontal panels, having a horizontal width and a vertical height, which panels are monolithic for the entire length of the panels, with adjacent panels above such panels having reversely folded edge portions with a tongue and a groove joint along the top edge and the bottom edge, such panels having open end members, open reinforcing members spaces vertically and interiorly of the door, and means for securement at the extreme lateral edges to a track for raising and lowering the door, the improvement comprising:a plurality of longitudinal unitary reinforcement insertable horizontally and interiorly of the tongue and the groove top and bottom longitudinal reversely folded edge portions of the panel from one end thereof to the other uninterrupted by any vertical reinforcement members;a plurality of reinforcement members positioned vertically at the lateral edges of the subject panel; andall of said reinforcement members framing a given reinforced area along the height and width of each panel;whereby a standard garage door is reinforced around the edges of its various reinforced members by reinforcement bars positioned to retrofit the openings.