Garage Mechanism protector

• US 20080000594A1
• Filed: 06/16/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rick Paulson
• Original Assignee: Rick Paulson
• Inventors: Paulson, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 7,784,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 160/201
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/24 consisting of parts connected at their edges
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/11 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/684 Rails; Tracks
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/485 Sectional doors

Abstract

The safety shield is formed of an elongate L-shaped rail shield engaged to a vertical surface adjacent a vertical rail located within the interior of a garage door. An L-shaped panel shield is engaged to the interior of each garage door panel proximate to the vertical rail. The L-shaped panel shield is on the opposite side of the rail relative to the L-shaped rail shield. A generally U-shaped end covering shield may be integral or engaged to said L-shaped rail shield, where the L-shaped panel shields are positioned interior to the panel shield face side of the U-shaped end covering shield.

Claims

1. A safety shield comprising:

a) an elongate L-shaped rail shield engaged to a vertical surface adjacent an interior of a garage door;

b) a plurality of L-shaped panel shields, each of said L-shaped panel shields being engaged to the interior of a garage door panel; and

c) an elongate generally U-shaped end covering shield engaged to said L-shaped rail shield, said L-shaped panel shields being positioned interior to said U-shaped end covering shield.

2. The safety shield according to claim 1, said L-shaped rail shield comprising a mounting leg and a shield face extending substantially perpendicular to said mounting leg.

3. The safety shield according to claim 2, wherein said mounting leg is constructed for positioning proximate to said vertical surface and said shield face extends substantially perpendicularly outward from said vertical surface.

4. The safety shield according to claim 2, wherein said shield face is constructed for positioning proximate to a closed back surface of said vertical rail.

5. The safety shield according to claim 4, wherein said L-shaped rail shield is constructed to vertically extend from a location proximate to a garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail.

6. The safety shield according to claim 5, said L-shaped panel shields further comprising an engagement leg and a panel shield face extending substantially perpendicularly to said engagement leg.

7. The safety shield according to claim 6, wherein each of said engagement legs is constructed for engagement to the interior of one of a plurality of garage door panels.

8. The safety shield according to claim 7, wherein each of said panel shield faces is constructed to extend substantially perpendicularly outward from said engagement legs.

9. The safety shield according to claim 7, wherein each of said panel shield faces is constructed for positioning proximate to a portion of an open channel of the vertical rail.

10. The safety shield according to claim 9, wherein said L-shaped panel shields are constructed for vertical positioning proximate to an exterior edge of a garage door panel.

11. The safety shield according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of L-shaped panel shields extend from a location proximate to said garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail.

12. The safety shield according to claim 11, said at least one of said panel shield faces comprising an edge comprising an angular cutout.

13. The safety shield according to claim 12, said at least one of said panel shield faces comprising a lower edge having a curved portion disposed inwardly toward said vertical rail.

14. The safety shield according to claim 13, wherein said at least one lower edge of said at least one panel shield face and at least one upper edge of an adjacent panel shield face are constructed for positioning proximate to each other and proximate to a roller bracket having a roller disposed in said open channel of the vertical rail.

15. The safety shield according to claim 14, wherein said L-shaped panel shields are constructed for slidable positioning interior to said U-shaped end covering shield.

16. The safety shield according to claim 15, said U-shaped end covering shield comprising a rail shield face side, a transition shield, and a panel shield face side.

17. The safety shield according to claim 16, wherein said rail shield face side is constructed for engagement to said shield face.

18. The safety shield according to claim 17, wherein said panel shield face side is constructed for positioning proximate and exterior to said panel shield faces.

19. The safety shield according to claim 18, wherein said transition shield traverses between said rail shield face side and said panel shield face side.

20. The safety shield according to claim 19, wherein said transition shield is constructed for positioning proximate to an exterior edge of said vertical rail.

21. The safety shield according to claim 20, wherein said panel shield faces are constructed to slide vertically within the interior of the U-shaped end covering shield during elevation and/or closing of a garage door.

22. The safety shield according to claim 20, wherein said the U-shaped end covering shield is constructed to vertically extend from a location proximate to said garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail.

23. The safety shield according to claim 22, said panel shield face side comprising a top edge.

24. The safety shield according to claim 23, said top edge comprising an arcuate surface disposed outwardly from said vertical rail.

25. The safety shield according to claim 24, wherein said arcuate surface is constructed to engage said curved portion of said lower edge of said at least one panel shield face to facilitate positioning of said panel shield faces interior to said panel shield face side.

26. A safety shield comprising:

a) an elongate L-shaped rail shield engaged to a vertical surface adjacent a vertical garage door rail, the L-shaped rail shield comprising a mounting leg and a shield face extending substantially perpendicular to said mounting leg, the mounting leg being constructed for positioning proximate to said vertical surface and said shield face extending substantially perpendicularly outward from said vertical surface, said shield face being constructed for positioning proximate to a closed back surface of said vertical rail, said L-shaped rail shield constructed to vertically extend from a location proximate to a garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail;

b) a plurality of L-shaped panel shields, each of said L-shaped panel shields comprising an engagement leg and a panel shield face extending substantially perpendicularly to said engagement leg, each of said engagement legs being constructed for engagement to the interior of one of a plurality of garage door panels, each of said panel shield faces extending substantially perpendicularly outward from said engagement legs, each of said panel shield faces being constructed for positioning proximate to a portion of an open channel of the vertical rail, said L-shaped panel shields being constructed for vertical positioning proximate to an exterior edge of a garage door panel, said plurality of L-shaped panel shields being constructed for substantially vertically alignment and extension from a location proximate to said garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail, at least one of said panel shield faces comprising an edge comprising an angular cutout and at least one of said panel shield faces comprising a curved portion disposed inwardly toward said vertical rail; and

c) an elongate generally U-shaped end covering shield engaged to said L-shaped rail shield, said L-shaped panel shields being constructed for slidable positioning interior to said U-shaped end covering shield, said U-shaped end covering shield comprising a rail shield face side, a transition shield, and a panel shield face side, said rail shield face side being engaged to said shield face, said panel shield face side constructed for positioning proximate and exterior to said panel shield faces, said transition shield traversing between said rail shield face side and said panel shield face side, said transition shield being constructed for positioning proximate to an exterior edge of said vertical rail, said panel shield faces constructed to slide vertically within the interior of the U-shaped end covering shield during elevation and/or closing of a garage door, the U-shaped end covering shield constructed to vertically extend from a location proximate to said garage floor to a position proximate to an upper curve of the garage door rail, said panel shield face side comprising a top edge, at least a portion of said top edge comprising an arcuate surface disposed outwardly from said vertical rail, said arcuate surface constructed to engage said curved portion of said lower edge of said at least one panel shield face to facilitate positioning of said panel shield faces interior to said panel shield face side.

27. A safety shield comprising:

a) rail shield engaged to a vertical surface adjacent an interior of a garage door, said rail shield comprising a shield face, a transition shield, and a panel shield face side; and

b) a plurality of L-shaped panel shields, each of said L-shaped panel shields being engaged to the interior of a garage door panel, at least a portion of said L-shaped panel shields being constructed for positioning interior to said panel shield face side.