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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Cary Pinkalla, Fox Point, WI (US);
Garrett L Goins, Dubuque, IA (US);
Rite-Hite Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A vertical retainer assembly for a roll-up door that selectively blocks and unblocks a doorway, the door including a curtain attached to a roller, and vertical members disposed on either side of the doorway, which include vertically-disposed guide tracks for receiving and guiding the curtain in a vertical plane, the vertical retainer assembly compromising: a horizontally disposed member attached to the curtain, the member being movable out of the vertical plane of the door; and a retaining surface in one of the vertical members at a location external to the guide track, the horizontally disposed member being selectively engageable with this retaining surface which vertically retains the member against upward movement, and prevents the roller from being actuated to roll up the curtain.