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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Willis J. Mullet, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
Mark S. Hudoba, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
Wayne-Dalton Corporation, Mt. Hope, OH (US);
Abstract
A track system for use in a windlocking apparatus is disclosed and claimed. One embodiment includes a housing piece and an interfitting piece. The housing piece includes a channel and the interfitting piece includes a key which slidingly mates with the channel. The housing piece and the interfitting piece each have flanges having smooth contours thereon. Another embodiment employs a track having a first piece and a second piece with the first piece having at least one groove therein and the second piece having at least one protrusion thereon. The protrusion of the second piece interfits with groove of the first piece interlocking the first and second pieces together.