Combination garage door and roll-up curtain system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8016014
APP PUB NO 20090199978A1
SERIAL NO

12426772

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A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system that allows a flexible curtain to be lowered when the garage door is in a raised position. The system preferably comprises an automated garage door assembly wherein the drive mechanism is mounted to a bracket mounted in turn to the inside wall above the garage opening upper margin. The system preferably further comprises an automated roll-up curtain assembly having a rotatable rod mounted above the garage opening upper margin between the bracket and the inside wall. The rotatable rod has a flexible curtain wound thereabout wherein the first end of the curtain is affixed to the rod and the second end of the curtain is secured along its lateral margins within tracks mounted adjacent the garage opening lateral margins. The second end of the curtain preferably has a weighted member attached thereto to urge the curtain toward the garage opening lower margin and to keep the curtain taut.

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CRIDER GRANT W2770 COUNTY ROAD 71 BREMEN AL 35033

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crider, Grant W Bremen, US 22 393
Crider, Shawn J Bremen, US 2 17
Jenkins, Lesley R Cullman, US 2 17

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