Patent ID: 7464743

Claim:
A guiding mechanism for roll-up doors, comprising: A) two roll-formed elongated guiding members ( 20 ) each having a longitudinally extending first wall ( 26 ) rigidly and vertically mounted to fixed structures at parallel and spaced locations, integrally formed longitudinal second and third walls ( 28 ; 24 ) kept at a parallel spaced apart relationship extending from said first wall ( 26 ) and being substantially perpendicular with respect to said first wall, integrally formed longitudinal fourth and fifth walls ( 30 ; 22 ) extending from said second and third walls ( 28 ; 24 ), and said longitudinally extending fourth and fifth walls ( 30 ; 22 ) being folded at a parallel and spaced apart relationship with said second and third walls ( 28 ; 24 ), respectively, and extending towards said longitudinally extending first wall ( 26 ) a first predetermined distance, a longitudinally extending sixth wall ( 32 ) extending from a fold at said fourth wall ( 30 ) at a predetermined angle with respect to said fourth wall ( 30 ); and B) a plurality of door slats each including two ends and two lateral articulated edges, each of said ends including an elongated wind lock assembly ( 40 ) mounted thereon, said wind lock assembly ( 40 ) including a first wind lock wall ( 41 ) axially and outwardly extending from said slat, including a first bend ( 42 ), a second wind lock wall ( 43 ) extending from said first bend ( 42 ) and said second wind lock wall ( 43 ) being disposed at a first predetermined obtuse angle with respect to said first wind lock wall ( 41 ), a third wind lock wall ( 45 ) extending substantially perpendicularly from said second wind lock wall ( 43 ) and a fourth wind lock wall ( 47 ) extending substantially perpendicular from said third wind lock wall ( 45 ) thereby forming a C-shape hook for slidably and partially housing said longitudinally extending sixth wall ( 32 ) of said guiding members ( 20 ) thereby keeping said slat slidably in place over a predetermined path.