Patent ID: 7299849
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A garage door screen storing system comprising: A metal, elongate horizontal cabinet compartment having a top panel, a front panel, a back panel, opposing end panels and a bottom opening, the compartment adapted to be permanently mounted above a garage door opening on the exterior of a garage; A pair of elongate doors, each door having a track extending the length thereof, each door hingedly connected at an end thereof to respective opposing ends of the compartment, the doors being foldable up to close bottom opening of the compartment and being foldable downwardly into opposing vertical positions on each side of the garage door opening; A power rod mounted in the compartment, a motor connected to the power rod for rotating the power rod, the power rod having flexible pins extending therefrom along the length thereof; A flexible screen having a top edge attached to the power rod for being rolled up onto and being unrolled from the power rod to raise and lower, respectively, the screen; A connecting rod connecting the top edge of the screen to the power rod, the connecting rod being attached to the top edge of the screen and the connecting rod further having regressive rings extending therefrom along the length thereof through which the flexible pins snap, thereby attaching the connecting rod to the power rod; A landing rod attached to a bottom edge of the screen opposite the top edge; the landing rod having rollers on opposite ends thereof which are guided in the tracks of the doors during raising and lowering of the screen; Whereby when the screen is not in use, the doors may be folded up to close the compartment and when the screen is in use, the doors are folded down into their vertical position to thereby guide the screen.