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A pinch-proof garage door for protecting human fingers from being pinched is disclosed. The garage door includes a plurality of horizontally-aligned garage door panels. Each garage door panel has a top male portion and a bottom female portion. Top male and bottom female portions of adjacent garage d

A pinch-proof garage door for protecting human fingers from being pinched is disclosed. The garage door includes a plurality of horizontally-aligned garage door panels. Each garage door panel has a top male portion and a bottom female portion. Top male and bottom female portions of adjacent garage door panels cooperate with each other in such a manner so as to minimize a gap therebetween, thereby protecting human fingers from being pinched by both the inside and the outside of the garage door. Each garage door panel is securely fastened to a structural member which supports the weight of the panel. Adjacent structural members are vertically aligned with one another and are coupled together by a hinge pin and hinge leaf. Each structural member cooperates with an adjacent hinge leaf so as to prevent human fingers from being pinched by the inside of the garage door.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A pinch-proof garage door for protecting human fingers from being pinched, the pinch-proof garage door comprising:a first garage door panel having a bottom female portion;a second garage door panel having a top male portion cooperating with the bottom female portion of th

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A pinch-proof garage door for protecting human fingers from being pinched, the pinch-proof garage door comprising:a first garage door panel having a bottom female portion;a second garage door panel having a top male portion cooperating with the bottom female portion of the first garage door panel, said bottom female portion and said top male portion shaped so as to prevent said human fingers from being pinched;a first structural member securely fastened to said first garage door panel; a second structural member having two opposed horizontally-aligned holes, said second structural member securely fastened to said second garage door panel, said second structural member vertically aligned with said first structural member;a hinge leaf vertically aligned with the first structural member and the second structural member, said hinge leaf having a substantially cylindrical hole aligned with the two opposed horizontally-aligned holes of the second structural member, said hinge leaf cooperating with said second structural member so as to prevent said human fingers from being pinched; anda hinge pin operatively coupling the second structural member to the hinge leaf and the first structural member, said hinge pin extending through the two opposed horizontally-aligned holes of the second structural member and the substantially cylindrical hole of the hinge leaf, whereby the first garage door panel and the second garage door panel pivot relative to one another about said hinge pin as the garage door transitions from a closed to an open state.