US2104430A - Garage door mounting - Google Patents

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w. J. McEvoY 2,104,430

GARAGE DOOR MOUNTING Filed March 21, 1936 ill 1 i I'd l I Hi I 5 0% IN VENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 4,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,104,430 GARAGE DOOR MOUNTING This invention relates Warren J. MacEvoy, Newark, N. Application March 21, 1936, Serial No.

8 Claims.

to improvements in door hanging constructions, and more particularly to a means for hanging swinging garage doors.

Private garages are usually constructed with is not uncommon for 5 concrete aprons at the entrances thereto, and it such aprons to rise under the action of frost in the ground beneath the concrete apron.

This action generally occurs in a cold climate and has proven a source of ano noyance and inconvemence to owners of garages,

in that the rising of the apron causes the swinging doors to jamb, thus preventing the doors from vention resides in being fully swung to therefore one of the primary their open position. It is objects of this invention to provide a means for swingingly mounting the doors of a garage so they may rise and fall with the concrete apron during changes in climatic conditions, and which assures free swinging movement of the doors at all times.

Another feature of the invention resides in providing a point of bearing support for the door directly upon the concrete apron and in line with the pivoted axis of the door, whereby the weight of the door upon the hinges is somewhat relieved, and the frictional contact between the door and the apron is reduced to the minimum.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a set of hardware for garage doors which compensates for movement of the the upward and downward doors during periodic rising and setting of the concrete apron, and which is inexpensive of construction and easy to apply for use.

With these and other objects in view, the inoombination and sential features of the details of construction, arrangement of parts, the eswhich are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and panying drawing,

are illustrated in the accomin which: Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a garage illustrating my invention in use upon the doors thereof, the left door being shown raised above the plane of the right door.

Figure2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2- 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view line 3-3 of Figure 2.

on the Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of'Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of thehardware at the bottom of the right door, the door being shown in dot and dash lines.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the letter A designates a portion of a garage or like building structure having a jamb B surrounding a door opening therein, while two doors C and D are swingingly supported by the jamb for closing the door opening when the same are in closed position. A concrete apron E disposed exteriorly of the garage leads to the door opening and the floor of the garage is disposed above the plane of the apron and forms a stop shoulder F for the bottom of the doors when the latter are closed. Each of the doors C and D is 10 similarly mounted for swinging movement so that a description of the mounting of one door will sufiice for the other.

The hardware for the mounting of each door consists of a set and includes a pair of hinges Ill-Ill attached to the top and bottom of the door and J'amb, and a shoe secured to the bottom of the door at the inner corner thereof. The shoe I is made in rights and lefts to fit the right and left doors C and D.

Each hinge l0 comprises a butt |2 having staggered openings therein for the passage of screws l3. The butt l2 fits against the inner side of the jamb B and is secured thereto by the screws I3. Extending from the front edge of the butt I2 at the top and bottom thereof are alined ears |4-|4 which support the ends of a vertical pintle I5. Pivoted to the pintle I5 is a strap l6 having a cylindrical eye I! through which the pintle l5 freely extends. The width of the eye I1 is less than that of the pintle I5 to enable upward and downward sliding movement of the strap l6 relative to the butt l2, the range of sliding movement being limited by the spaced eyes |4-|4. The strap l6 fits against the outer side of the door and is provided with openings for the passage of fastening bolts 18. The height of each door is less than the distance between the apron E and the top of the jamb B to permit of a limited vertical movement of the door, while a stop G extends across the top of the jamb against which the top of the door may abut when closed.

The shoe II is constructed of metal and comprises a front flange l9, a bottom flange 20, an inner vertical end flange 2|, and a bearing foot 22. The bearing foot 22 extends from the inner corner or joinder of the flanges l9 and 2|, and the terminal end of the foot is rounded and disposed in vertical alinement with the axis of the pintle N5 of the hinges ||l-||l, and extends down ward below the plane of the underside of the flange 20. The flange 20 is countersunk in the bottom of the door with the flange |9 fitting against the outside and the end flange 2| fitting against the inner vertical side thereof. The front 'Patent of the United vention, I wish it upright position and guide the same during its inward and outward swinging movement.

In Figure 1 of the drawing, I have illustrated the left door C as being raised above the right door D, due to the upheaval ofv the apron E at the left, or vice versa,

movement thereof. The construction of the hinges l0-l0 permits of the of a door and permits of the free swinging of the same at all times, for the bearing foot 22 is in axial alinement with the hinge pintles I 5 as illustrated by the vertical dot and dash line H in Figure 5 of the drawing.

From the foregoingdescription,itwill be understood that I have provided a set of hardware for of a garage door porting hardware.

Whereas, I have illustrated and described the invention for use upon garage doors, it will be jamming caused by the raising and lowering of aprons or sills. Furthermore, I do not limit myself to the use of concrete aprons, for other paving such as brick,

beneath.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be the preferred embodiment of my into be understood that such changes and alterations in the construction of Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters States, is:

1. In combination corner of the door for resting engagement upon said apron for supporting the bottom edge of said door clear of said apron.

2. In combination with a door and jamb, an

3. In a building structure having a door opening therein and an apron leading to said door opening, a door, hinge means for swingingly connecting said door opening, a door, hinge means for swingingly connecting said door to one side wall ofsaid door sponding distance.

6. In a building structure having a door open- With a supporting surface.

8. In a building structure WARREN J. MACEVOY.

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