Patent ID: 8813309

Claim:
A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and supporting a laterally extending door panel, support axle, and roller comprising: a first and second roller hinge unit, each unit including a male hinge strap and a female hinge strap, said male hinge strap and said female hinge strap each including a generally planar base, each base including a front base edge, a back base edge and first and second spaced, generally parallel, transverse support arms extending from each said base, each arm having an inside face and an outside face; said male strap and said female strap support arms each including generally aligned hinge pintle openings, the support arms of one of said female strap and said male strap further including generally aligned roller axle bushing openings, said male and female strap hinge pintle openings of said first and second roller hinge units axially aligned and said axle bushing openings of said first and second roller hinge units axially aligned, with opposed, abutting support arms; a single pintle extending through the aligned pintle openings, said pintle rotatably maintaining said first and second units joined together and pivotal about a common pintle axis; a generally tubular, roller axle bushing extending through the aligned roller axle bushing openings of at least one of said transverse support arms of at least one hinge unit; and a second generally tubular member fitted over the roller axle bushing and extending generally between the transverse support arms of the at least one hinge unit in substantial simultaneous engagement with the inside face of said support arms of the male hinge strap of the at least one hinge unit.