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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Brian Norbert Drifka, Richfield, WI (US);
Brian Norbert Drifka, Richfield, WI (US);
Rytec Corporation, Jackson, WI (US);
Abstract
An overhead roll-up door assembly for a vertically moving door to permit and prohibit access to an opening, the door assembly having a pair of spaced apart, parallel side columns for vertically guiding a door panel, the door panel having at least one wind lock attached proximate each marginal edge of the door panel, each of the wind locks having an angled portion facing the interior of the opening having a first durometer and a substantially rectangular portion having a second durometer different from the first durometer, the wind locks engaging the side column to prevent disengagement of the door panel from the side columns when a wind load is applied to the door panel.