Patent ID: 8714229

Claim:
A multi-panel door and frame assembly for a rough opening in a building, comprising: a mounting frame assembly having a front and back side, the mounting frame assembly being mountable within a rough opening of a building, the mounting frame including a horizontal frame member, a first vertical frame member secured by a top end to a first end of the horizontal frame member, a second vertical frame member secured by a top end to a second end of the horizontal frame member, and at least one linearly extendable actuator upper support bracket secured to the back side of the mounting frame assembly, for pivotally engaging an upper end of a linearly extendable actuator for rotation about a linearly extendable actuator upper pivot axis; a door including an upper panel and at lower panel, the upper panel having a back and front surface, wherein the upper panel is pivotally secured by a top edge to the mounting frame horizontal member for rotation about an upper panel pivot axis, and wherein the upper panel is pivotally secured by a bottom edge to a top edge of the lower panel; at least one linearly extendable actuator lower support bracket secured to and extending rearward from a back surface of the upper panel for pivotally engaging a lower end of a linearly extendable actuator for rotation about a linearly extendable actuator lower pivot axis; at least one linearly extendable actuator having an upper and lower end, pivotally mounted by its upper end to the linearly extendable actuator upper support bracket and pivotally secured by its lower end to the linearly extendable actuator lower support bracket; a linearly extendable actuator control assembly in communication with the linearly extendable actuator to control extension and retraction of the linearly extendable actuator to open and close the door; and wherein the linearly extendable actuator upper pivot axis is located below and behind the upper panel pivot axis, and the linearly extendable actuator lower pivot axis is located below and behind the linearly extendable actuator upper pivot axis, when the door is in its closed position.