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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1995
Richard J Lewis, Loveland, OH (US);
Bobby G Bailey, Trenton, OH (US);
Alan R Leist, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frank R Wilgus, Powell, OH (US);
Frank A Wilgus, Jr, Westerville, OH (US);
Clopay Building Products Company, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A multiple section door system, such as an overhead residential garage door, wherein a variety of different door front configurations are formed with a limited number of panel designs by flipping or turning at least one panel relative to an adjacent panel. Each panel includes identical structured joint members along two longitudinal edges thereof which enable one panel to be 'flipped' or turned such that the lower edge becomes the upper edge and vice versa, while an adjacent panel may remain in its original orientation. A third structured joint member is connected between the two adjacent joint members of adjacent panels. The third structured joint member is a male member, while the two structured joint members attached to each panel are female members. Adjacent female joint members of two panels form a universal pinch resistant joint with the male joint member.