Garage door opening device

• US 5,184,132 A
• Filed: 11/06/1991
• Issued: 02/02/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James G. Duddy, Patrick J. Duddy
• Original Assignee: Baird, William E.
• Inventors: Baird, William E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Application Number:
  US07/788,493
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 341/176, 455/99, 340/825.69, 340/825.72
• US Class Current: 341/176
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

Disclosed is a garage door opening device, including a garage door opener transmitter which provides a signal to a receiver that, upon receiving said signal, actuates a drive mechanism that opens the garage door. The transmitter is positioned in an automobile in a location normally hidden from view of a driver of the automobile. The transmitter includes a pair of terminals across which a manually operable switch element is connected. This switch element has means for connecting it across the terminals, with the actuator for the switch element mounted in the automobile in an exposed position in view of the driver and within easy reach of the driver. Preferably, the switch element is of the push button type.

Claims

1. In an automobile having a dash board, a garage door opening device, including:

a garage door opener transmitter which provides a signal to a receiver that, upon receiving said signal, actuates a drive mechanism that opens a garage door, said transmitter being mounted to the dash board in a location normally hidden from view of a driver of the automobile,

said transmitter including a pair of terminals across which a manually operable switch element is connected, said switch element having means for connecting said switch element across said terminals, with said switch element extending through an opening in the dash board to expose said switch element to the view of the driver and within easy reach of the driver,

said transmitter being enclosed within a glove compartment in the dash board, said glove compartment having a door which opens and closes and the switch element extends through an opening in the door.

2. A kit used to install a transmitter of a garage door opener in the glove compartment in the dash board of an automobile, said glove compartment having a door, including:

a push button actuator for a switch of said transmitter,

a pair of wires extending from the actuator which are adapted to be secured across said switch to bypass said switch, and

an adhesive for securing the wires across the switch,

said transmitter being adapted to be enclosed within the glove compartment in the dash board with said switch element extending through an opening in the glove compartment door.