Patent Abstract:
A garage doorway screen apparatus for allowing fresh air into a garage without allowing pests such as insects and mice into the garage. The garage doorway screen apparatus includes a screen assembly including at least one screen support member and also including at least one screen member being attached to the at least one screen support member with the screen assembly being adapted to be securely and removably disposed in a garage doorway.

Full Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a garage doorway guard and more particularly pertains to a new garage doorway screen apparatus for allowing fresh air into a garage without allowing pests such as insects and mice into the garage. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of a garage doorway guard is known in the prior art. More specifically, a garage doorway guard heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
     Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,904,199; 4,378,043; 5,611,382; 4,231,412; 598,256; 4,673,019; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 374,487. 
     While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new garage doorway screen apparatus. The inventive device includes a screen assembly including at least one screen support member and also including at least one screen member being attached to the at least one screen support member with the screen assembly being adapted to be securely and removably disposed in a garage doorway. 
     In these respects, the garage doorway screen apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing fresh air into a garage without allowing pests such as insects and mice into the garage. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of garage doorway guard now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new garage doorway screen apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for allowing fresh air into a garage without allowing pests such as insects and mice into the garage. 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which has many of the advantages of the garage doorway guard mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new garage doorway screen apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art garage doorway guard, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a screen assembly including at least one screen support member and also including at least one screen member being attached to the at least one screen support member with the screen assembly being adapted to be securely and removably disposed in a garage doorway. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 
     Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which has many of the advantages of the garage doorway guard mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new garage doorway screen apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art garage doorway guard, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. 
     It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
     An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such garage doorway screen apparatus economically available to the buying public. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus for allowing fresh air into a garage without allowing pests such as insects and mice into the garage. 
     Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus which includes a screen assembly including at least one screen support member and also including at least one screen member being attached to the at least one screen support member with the screen assembly being adapted to be securely and removably disposed in a garage doorway. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus that is easy and convenient to set up in one&#39;s garage doorway. 
     Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new garage doorway screen apparatus that allows offensive odors and dangerous fumes to escape the garage. 
     These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a new garage doorway screen apparatus according to the present invention. 
     FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in use. 
     FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the present invention. 
     FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the third embodiment of the present invention. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new garage doorway screen apparatus embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the garage doorway screen apparatus  10  generally comprises a screen assembly including at least one screen support member  11 , 14 , 30  and also including at least one screen member  19 , 20 , 29  being conventionally attached to the at least one screen support member  11 , 14 , 30 . The screen assembly is adapted to be securely and removably disposed in a garage doorway  34 . As a first and second embodiments, the at least one screen support member  11 , 14 , 30  includes a first frame member  11  and a second frame member  14  being telescopingly attached to the first frame member  11 . The at least one screen member  19 , 20 , 29  includes first screen members  19  being securely and conventionally attached to the first frame member  11  and also includes second screen members  20  being securely and conventionally attached to the second frame member  14 . The first frame member  11  includes an inverted U-shaped upper elongate cross member  12  and also includes a U-shaped lower elongate cross member  13 . The second frame member  14  includes an inverted U-shaped upper elongate cross member  15  and also includes a U-shaped lower elongate cross member  16 . The upper elongate cross member  115  of the second frame member  14  is slidably received in and extended from the upper elongate cross member  12  of the first frame member  11 . The lower elongate cross member  16  of the second frame member  14  is slidably received in and extended from the lower elongate cross member  13  of the first frame member  11 . For the second embodiment, the second frame member  14  further includes an elongate intermediate cross member  17  having a plurality of teeth  18  being spaced along and disposed in a top edge thereof. The screen assembly further includes a latch support member  21  being securely and conventionally attached to the first frame member  11  intermediate of the upper and lower elongate cross members  12 , 13 , and also includes an elongate latch member  22  being pivotally and conventionally attached to the latch support member  21  and having a plurality of teeth  23  being spaced along and disposed in a bottom edge thereof. The elongate latch member  22  is fastenable to the elongate intermediate cross member  17  to lock the second frame member  14  at a desired position relative to the first frame member  11  with the teeth  23  of the elongate latch member  22  being interlockably connected to the teeth  18  of the elongate intermediate cross member  17 . 
     As a third embodiment, the screen assembly further includes an elongate housing member  24  having a longitudinal slot  27  being disposed through a top corner  25  thereof and extending a length of the elongate housing member  24 , and also includes a spindle  28  being rotatably and conventionally disposed in the elongate housing member  24 , and further includes a weighted base member  35  being securely and conventionally attached to a bottom wall  26  of the elongate housing member  24 , and also includes sinusoidal-shaped hook members  32  being removably and conventionally connected to the at least one screen support member  30  and being adapted to hook to a garage door  33 . The at least one screen member  29  includes a screen member  29  being carried by the spindle  28  and being extendable through the longitudinal slot  27  of the elongate housing member  24 . The at least one screen support member  30  includes a support bar  30  being securely and conventionally attached to a top edge of the screen member  29  and having holes  31  disposed therethrough and being adapted to receive the sinusoidal-shaped hook members  32 . 
     In use, the user raises the garage door and places the garage doorway screen apparatus  10  in the doorway  34  of the garage such that the doorway screen apparatus  10  closes the space between the garage door  33  and the floor of the garage. 
     As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

Technology Classification (CPC): 4