Patent ID: 6883578

Claim:
A method for assembling a sectional upward acting door wherein said door is operable to be supported for movement between open and closed positions between a pair of opposed spaced apart guide tracks, said door including plural, generally planar panel members adapted to be connected to each other along opposed edges of adjacent panel members and said door including plural hinge assemblies including, respectively, opposed hinge plates adapted to be connected to upper and lower edges of adjacent panels, respectively, one of said hinge plates including a hinge pin and the other of said hinge plates including a pin receiving bore and an elastically deflectable retainer part for retaining said hinge pin in said pin receiving bore, said method comprising the steps of: placing a first panel between said guide tracks; placing a second panel between said guide tracks and adjacent to said first panel wherein an edge of said first panel is adjacent an edge of said second panel; and moving said panels toward each other in a direction substantially parallel to said guide tracks to connect said panels by registering said hinge pins in said pin receiving bores, respectively, by elastically deflecting said retainer parts, respectively, said retainer parts being elastically restored to positions to retain said hinge pins in said pin receiving bores, respectively.