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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale E Fiene, Algonquin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/48 ;
Abstract
An automatic garage door opener with an integral or add-on parking guide. The driver of the vehicle is provided with continuos visual feedback as to how far to drive forward into the garage by a narrow line or beam of light which appears at first on the front of the hood. The driver proceeds forward until the line or beam of light coincides with a reference position on the vehicle. The reference position can be an existing feature of the vehicle, such as, a corner of a speaker grill or it can be a target decal that is added to the vehicle at the time of installation.