Patent ID: 6796361
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B

Abstract:
A garage door reinforcement arrangement for supporting and anchoring a garage door to a garage door opening, said reinforcement arrangement comprising:an I-post beam assembly consisting of an I-post beam having a top end and a bottom end, a top link secured adjacent to the top end, and a bottom catch plate secured adjacent to the bottom end; said top link including a first end wall piece, two sidewall pieces and a second distal end wall piece which are all secured together to form a rectangularly-shaped linkage, said top link further including a cross piece affixed between said two sidewall pieces at a predetermined distance from said first end wall piece so as to receive and loosely retain the top end of said I-post beam therebetween; said bottom catch plate having a downwardly-extending tooth portion, said tooth portion being formed with a central through-hole for receiving a threaded pin therein; a top mounting bracket adapted to be mounted centrally on a wall surface of a garage building structure between side edges of the garage door opening, said top mounting bracket consisting of a base member, an intermediate member secured to the base member, an extending portion secured to the intermediate member, and a protruding portion secured to said base member and aligned below a tip end of the extending portion; said tip end of the extending portion being spaced outwardly from the base member so as to form a recess therebetween, said second distal end wall piece of the top link being received in the recess and retained by the protruding portion of the top mounting bracket; a floor plate adapted to be anchored to a garage floor and aligned directly beneath said top mounting bracket, said floor plate including a retaining slot for receiving and retaining the tooth portion with the threaded pin of said bottom catch plate; and a plurality of cable assemblies disposed at different vertical positions of the I-post beam and adapted to be securely mounted to corresponding horizontal struts of the garage door.