Patent ID: 7900683

Claim:
An apparatus for bracing a roll down door of a building, the roll down door comprising a plurality of horizontally positioned door panels adjacent one another, the apparatus comprising: at least one vertical support bar having a first end to be secured to the floor, and a second end; a floor mount for securing the first end of said at least one vertical support bar to the floor; a top mount assembly comprising a building mounting bracket having an elongated C-shaped configuration to be attached to the building and including a C-shaped receiving area therein, and a support bracket having a U-shaped configuration to be attached to the second end of said at least one vertical support bar, and comprising pair of spaced apart extensions extending outwardly therefrom to be received by the C-shaped receiving area of said building mounting bracket; and at least one attachment mechanism for connecting said at least one vertical support bar to at least one of the roll down door panels.