Patent ID: 7802607

Claim:
A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system for covering and uncovering an opening through a wall, said opening defined by upper, lower, and opposing lateral margins, said system comprising: a one piece L-shaped bracket mounted to an inside surface of said wall, said bracket including a substantially horizontal portion mounted directly to said inside surface above said upper margin of said opening and extending away from said wall, and a substantially vertical portion extending downward from said horizontal portion, thereby providing an open space between said vertical portion and said wall; a garage door assembly including a drive unit, a drive track attached at one end to said drive unit and at an opposite end to said vertical portion of said bracket wherein said drive track is supported by said vertical portion and said drive track does not extend beyond said vertical portion of said bracket, a pair of tracks having vertical portions mounted in close proximity to said lateral margins of said opening, a garage door having a plurality of lateral rollers secured within said tracks, and a pivot arm connecting said garage door to said drive track; and a roll-up curtain assembly including a pair of linear tracks mounted to said inside surface of said wall adjacent said lateral margins of said opening, a rotatable rod mounted above said upper margin of said opening between said vertical portion of said bracket and said inside surface of said wall, and a flexible curtain having an upper first end affixed to said rod and a lower second end secured along its lateral edges within said linear tracks; wherein said rotatable rod is positioned above a torsion spring, said torsion spring operating said garage door and being positioned between said vertical portion of said L-shaped bracket and said inside surface of said wall, said rod being attached to said inside surface of said wall with attachment means which are separate from attachment means used to position said torsion spring between said vertical portion of said bracket and said wall, and wherein said vertical portion of said bracket further comprises an extension member extending horizontally from said vertical portion towards said wall and attaching to and supporting a central portion of said torsion spring thereby providing a space between said torsion spring and said wall thereby allowing said flexible curtain to pass between said torsion spring and said wall.