Patent ID: 7784520
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: E05D,E05Y,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safety shield for use with a garage door assembly having a plurality of garage door panels and one or more garage door rails formed of a vertical rail and an upper curve, the safety shield comprising: a) an elongate L-shaped rail shield engaged to a vertical surface adjacent an interior of said garage door, said elongate L-shaped rail shield extending from a location adjacent a bottom of a garage door opening to a location adjacent a top of the garage door opening; b) a plurality of panel shields, each of said panel shields being engaged to the interior of a respective one of said garage door panels and positioned exteriorly to said vertical rail, each of said panel shields extending from a location adjacent a bottom edge of the respective one of said garage door panels to a location adjacent a top edge of the respective one of said garage door panels; and c) an elongate generally U-shaped end covering shield engaged to said L-shaped rail shield, said panel shields being positioned interior to said U-shaped end covering shield, said elongate generally U-shaped end covering shield extending from the location adjacent the bottom of the garage door opening to the location adjacent the top of the garage door opening.