Automatic garage door closing device

• US 20060158339A1
• Filed: 12/05/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steven Nigel Dario Brundula
• Original Assignee: Steven Nigel Dario Brundula
• Inventors: Brundula, Steven Nigel Dario
• Granted Patent: US 7,515,063 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/686.100
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/79 using time control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages

Abstract

A product that resides inside of a garage with a working wireless electric garage door opener, the product detects when the garage door is open for too long and when the garage door is open too long the product sends out warnings, then after the appropriate conditions occur the product can close the garage door. The product additionally requires no special installation of sensors or wires.

Claims

1. A device that when mounted to the inside of a garage door can automatically close a garage door, and contains:

a sensor requiring no special installation (built into device) to detect when the garage door is open,

a wireless method to close the garage door,

an alarm to warn the user of important circumstances such as, the garage door is about to close or the units power supply is low,

input controls,

and a controller circuit or circuits to interface all the circuitry to each other.

2. The automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein the wireless method to close the garage door is an electrical/mechanical device that presses the garage door open/close switch on the garage wall to close the garage door.

3. The Automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein a wireless transmitter that operates just like a regular garage door remote control to open or close a garage door, is used to close the garage door.

4. The automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein the sensor to detect if the garage door is open is a tilt sensor built into the unit, and the unit is mounted to the inside of the garage door.

5. The automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein the input signals or switches:

enable or disable the device,

configure or change information for sending alarms,

program the transmitter to communicate with the correct garage door,

test that the system works,

and can change the amount of delay until the door is automatically close.

6. The automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein the alarm that warns the user is:

a light such as a flashing light, and/or

a sound such as a beep or siren.

7. The automatic door closing device as in claim 1, wherein the alarm that warns the user of the door being open is a built in mobile phone or pager that sends a text message sent to another phone number.

The automatic door closer closes the garage door when it receives a valid text message confirming to shut the garage.

8. The automatic door closing device as in claim 1, wherein the alarm that warns the user of the door being open is a transmitter that communicates to another module that is connected into a phone line.

When the garage door is left open too long the module calls a programmed phone number.

The automatic door closer closes the garage door when it receives a valid confirmation to close the garage door over the phone line from the module.

9. The automatic door closer as in claim 1, wherein the alarm that warns the user of the door being open is an email to a preprogrammed email address.

The automatic door closer closes the garage door when it receives a valid confirmation to close the garage door over another email message.