Hurricane strut for garage doors
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Dec 19, 2000
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Jul 28, 1998
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Jul 28, 1998
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An overhead garage door having a plurality of pivotally interconnected panel structures and a reinforcing strut to allow use of the door in hurricane prone environments. The reinforcing strut extends the full width of the door across the inside rear face of the door and includes widely spaced straight upper and lower horizontal legs extending rearwardly from the rear faces of the stiles of the panel structure joined by a semi-circular top section extending in a continuous convex curvilinear sweep between the two legs. The radius of curvature of the semi-circular section is relatively large compared to the length of the upper and lower leg sections, giving the beam a wide stance. For example, the radius of curvature of the top section may be approximately 1.25' and the leg section length may be between about 2.5' and 5'. The strut may be roll-formed or shaped by bending flat stock on, for example, a press brake.
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