Patent ID: 8863438

Claim:
An overhead door frame apparatus which comprises: a plurality of elongated structural C-channel members, wherein said plurality of elongated structural C-channel members includes a plurality of first elongated structural C-channel members horizontally aligned and a plurality of adjacent C-channel members perpendicular to said plurality of first elongated structural C-channel members, at least one of the plurality of first elongated structural C-channel members having a tube residing and secured within and perpendicular to said at least one of the plurality of first elongated structural C-channel member and having a spacer attached to an outside of the tube, and at least one of said plurality of adjacent C-channel members having a closed end; at least one fastener passing through said spacer and said tube of said at least one of the plurality of first elongated structural C-channel member and through said closed end of said at least one adjacent C-channel member; such that said plurality of first elongated structural C-channel members, said plurality of adjacent C-channel members, and said at least one fastener together form a single-piece overhead door.