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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Clopay Building Products Company, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Alan R. Leist, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey W. Stone, Lebanon, OH (US);
Clopay Building Products Company, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Abstract
A sectional garage door has a roller track and a plurality of sections pivotally coupled together for movement along the roller track to and between open and closed positions relative to a door opening. A first one of the sections is heavier than other sections. The sectional garage also includes a counterbalance mechanism coupled to the sections to assist an operator in moving the sections along the roller tracks to and between the open and closed positions. The sectional garage door also has a weight assist mechanism coupled to the door and engaged with at least one of the sections to assist at least one of the sections to assist in the movement of the first one of the sections during movement along at least a portion of the roller track due to the weight of the first section relative to the other sections.