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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Rite-hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Dean Shanahan, Dubuque, IA (US);
Derek Lewan, Dubuque, IA (US);
Jon Schumacher, Hubertus, WI (US);
Nicholas J. Casey, Cascade, IA (US);
Perry W. Knutson, Lancaster, WI (US);
Rodney Kern, Dubuque, IA (US);
Steven Campbell, Peosta, IA (US);
Timothy A. Haessler, Dubuque, IA (US);
William W. Hoerner, Dubuque, IA (US);
Rite-Hite Holding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A door includes a panel assembly including a leading panel and a trailing panel. The leading panel is to be in substantially coplanar alignment with the trailing panel when the panel assembly is in a normal configuration. The leading panel is to be angularly displaced out of coplanar alignment with the trailing panel when the panel assembly is in a dislodged configuration. The door further includes a tension member to connect the leading panel to the trailing panel. The tension member is to resiliently urge the leading panel and the trailing panel toward each other in a horizontal direction. The tension member is to resiliently urge the panel assembly toward the normal configuration when the panel assembly is in the dislodged configuration.