Patent ID: 7905056

Claim:
An apparatus in combination with a garage door frame and a garage door; the frame consisting of a cross beam, a left post and a right post, wherein the posts and the cross beam define an opening for a garage door, the garage door having a front side facing towards the outside of a building and a back side facing towards the inside of the building, the apparatus comprising: a first bracket that is mounted directly to a right side of the front side of the garage door, the first bracket having a substantially vertical planar surface that is positioned directly between and parallel to the posts of the garage door frame; and a second bracket that is mounted directly to a left side of the front side of the garage door, the second bracket having a substantially vertical planar surface that is positioned directly between and parallel to the posts of the garage door frame, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket contact the right post and left post respectively when an inward deflection of the right post or left post occurs, thereby resisting movement of the posts.