Screen closure for garage door openings

• US 4,846,241 A
• Filed: 02/08/1988
• Issued: 07/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frank Chomka, Ina T. Chomka
• Original Assignee: Frank Chomka, Ina T. Chomka
• Inventors: Chomka, Ina T., Chomka, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Britts, Ramon S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Purol, David M.
• Application Number:
  US07/153,119
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 160/23.1, 160/41, 160/242, 160/266, 160/268.1, 160/290.1, 160/319
• US Class Current: 160/23.1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/54 Roller fly screens operating, guiding or securing devices therefor E06B9/56

Abstract

A roll-up screen enclosure for attachment to a garage door frame such that its extension provides a screened closure for an open garage door thus providing more useful space for living or recreational activities. The rolled up screen rests in a trough with waterproof features.

Claims

1. A screen closure for the main opening of a garage in turn having a main opening, a header structure having inside and outside surfaces thereabove and sidewalls on opposite sides thereof, said closure comprising an elongated substantially rigid housing adapted for mounting on either surface of said header for side to side positioning above said opening and extending to each of said opposite garage sidewalls, said housing including an elongated generally U-shaped trough having an upwardly forwardly directed cover and a forwardly directed open slot, a screen roll assembly mounted in said trough, said roll assembly comprising an elongated shaft and a flexible screen in turn having upper, lower and opposite side edges with the upper edge of said flexible screen attached to said shaft and with the remainder of said screen adapted to move between a first storage position wherein said screen is wound about said shaft with only said lower edge projecting outwardly of said slot and a second fully extended position wherein said screen is unwound from said shaft and positioned over said garage main opening, means for rotating said shaft and thus positioning said screen in said aforementioned positions, and cooperating attachment means on the opposite side edges of said screen and the opposite sidewalls of said garage for removably affixing said screen sides to said sidewalls said lower end of said screen attached to a laterally extending rod, and holding means positioned on the opposite lower sidewalls for temporarily attaching said rod to said sidewalls at said fully extended screen position, said housing including a plurality of laterally-spaced, vertically-oriented, forwardly-projecting stiffening ribs with integral header attachment flanges for positioning said housing to said garage, said trough including a plurality of laterally extending and laterally spaced cut-outs, rollers projecting into said trough between said ribs and in turn supporting said screen roll assembly for rotational movement between said positions.

2. The screen closure of claim 1, said rod means including a centrally positioned foam sleeve for contact with said lower side walls and the supporting surface of said garage for a sealing relationship therewith.

3. The screen closure of claim 1 including screen pressing means laterally extending across the header and below said housing for contacting said screen at the upper portions thereof so as to force said screen against said header.

4. The screen closure of claim 3, said screen pressing means being a closure bar pivotally attached to said housing and laterally extending across said header for contact with said screen.

5. The screen closure of claim 1, said cooperating attachment means being of loop and pile construction.