Patent ID: 8499816

Claim:
Sectional door ( 1 ) for the control of the access opening to a compartment, particularly to a garage compartment, comprising: a fixed portion including two pairs of vertical guides ( 5 , 6 ) suitable for extending in a direction substantially parallel to a respective shoulder of the access opening to a compartment; and a movable portion including: a leaf comprising a lower panel ( 7 ) and an upper panel ( 8 ), substantially rectangular in shape extending over the entire width of the leaf and having the lateral sides thereof in sliding engagement along a respective side guide ( 5 , 6 ); a pair of side support arms ( 11 ) each having one end thereof articulated in correspondence to the top of a respective pair of vertical guides ( 5 , 6 ) and the other end thereof pivoted in correspondence to an intermediate zone ( 8 c ) of a respective lateral side of said upper panel ( 8 ); and articulated and slidable connection means ( 12 ) between said lower panel ( 7 ) and said upper panel ( 8 ), including a pair of lateral sliding guides ( 10 ) provided in correspondence to the lateral sides of said upper panel ( 8 ), and a pair of connection levers ( 13 ), each having one end ( 15 ) thereof in sliding engagement with a respective lateral sliding guide ( 10 ) of said upper panel ( 8 ) and a second end ( 14 ) thereof articulated at the top to said lower panel ( 7 ), whereby said lower panel ( 7 ) and upper panel ( 8 ) are movable between a completely closed position of said access opening, in which they are arranged in a substantially aligned sequence, one on top of the other, along said pairs of vertical guides ( 5 , 6 ), and a completely open position, in which said upper panel ( 8 ) is overhangingly moved to project in said compartment starting from a zone in correspondence to the top of said pairs of vertical guides ( 5 , 6 ), supported by said pair of side support arms ( 11 ) and said lower panel ( 7 ) is moved together with, and against said upper panel ( 8 ).