R and R security screen garage door

• US 7,308,926 B1
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Raymond Hawkins
• Original Assignee: Raymond Hawkins
• Inventors: Hawkins, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): PUROL, DAVID M
• Application Number:
  US11/073,280
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 160/113, 160/201, 160/117, 160/118, 160/209, 292/45, 292/48, 292/66, 292/137, 292/242, 292/DIG.36
• US Class Current: 160/113
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0021 for overhead or roll-up doors, e.g. garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 7/02 for wings which lie one behind the other when closed E05C7/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/18 consisting of two or more independent parts, movable each in its own guides
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/24 consisting of parts connected at their edges
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 17/002 for wings which lie one behind the other when closed
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/00 Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/136 Screens; Insect doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2003/7044 Garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/80 Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling securing devices or arrangements for direct manual operation E06B9/78

Abstract

A screen door that can be utilized in conjunction with an electronic garage door. The screen door can be attached or detached from the garage door and has the same size and shape as the garage door. The screen door runs up and down on its own set of tracks and has no power of its own to go up or down.

Claims

1. A security screen door for use in conjunction with a garage door, the garage door comprising a plurality of panels pivotally attached to one another, the garage door being connected to a pair of tracks, the security screen door having two ends comprising a first end and a second end, the security screen door further having two sides, a first side and a second side, the security screen door further having two surfaces, an outer surface and an inner surface, the security screen door further comprising:

a plurality of panels, each of the panels being rectangular in shape, the panels being pivotally attached to one another, each panel comprising an outer frame,

a plurality of screens, each screen being located within the outer frame of a panel,

a pair of tracks, each of the tracks of the pair of tracks being located adjacent to a track of the pair of tracks of the garage door,

a plurality of roller wheels, the roller wheels being used to mount the panels onto the pair of tracks, and

means for connecting the security screen door to the garage door,

wherein the means for connecting the security screen door to the garage door further comprises;

a mounting plate attached to the screen door,

a hole located in the mounting plate,

an outer casing having a first end and a second end, with the first end of the outer casing sticking out of the mounting plate and the second end of the outer casing being located past the inner surface of the screen door,

a handle rod having a first end and a second end, the handle rod being located within the outer casing,

a handle attached to the first end of the handle rod,

a pair of support rods comprising a first support rod and a second support rod, each of the support rods being horizontally positioned and connected to the outer frame of the security screen door, wherein the first support rod connects to the left end of the security screen door and further wherein the second support rod connects to the right end of the security screen door,

a mounting bar having a first end and a second end, the mounting bar being attached to the second end of the handle rod at a ninety degree angle, the mounting bar being attached to the second end of the handle rod about halfway between the first end of the mounting bar and the second end of the mounting bar,

a mounting bar bracket fixedly attached to a panel on the garage door, and

a spring attached to the handle rod in between the second end of the outer casing and the location of the mounting bar, wherein when an individual pulls on the handle and changes the position of the mounting bar the spring is squeezed inward further wherein an individual releases the handle, the spring acts to push the handle and the mounting bar in opposing directions thereby making sure that the mounting bar is properly positioned within the mounting bar bracket.

2. A security screen door for use in conjunction with a garage door according to claim 1 wherein the security screen door further comprises a key lock, the key lock being attached to the handle.