A panel of a sectional door includes a panel frame and a sheet of material that is coupled to the panel frame. The panel frame includes a top frame member, a bottom frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member. The frame members include a rear surface and a front surface, a
A panel of a sectional door includes a panel frame and a sheet of material that is coupled to the panel frame. The panel frame includes a top frame member, a bottom frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member. The frame members include a rear surface and a front surface, and the front surface includes a ledge. The sheet of material is coupled to the front surface such that a bottom edge of the sheet rests on the ledge and a front surface of the sheet is unobstructed by the panel frame.
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1. An upward acting, multi-panel door for enclosing an opening, the door comprising: a plurality of panel frames rotatably coupled together and movable between an open position to enable passage through the opening, and a closed position to prevent passage through the opening, each panel frame compr
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An upward acting, multi-panel door for enclosing an opening, the door comprising: a plurality of panel frames rotatably coupled together and movable between an open position to enable passage through the opening, and a closed position to prevent passage through the opening, each panel frame comprising a top frame member, a bottom frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member, wherein the frame members comprise a rear surface and a front surface, wherein the front surface of the bottom frame member comprises a ledge,wherein the ledge extends outwardly from the bottom frame member of the panel frame a first distance,wherein the ledge has a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface,wherein the ledge extends outwardly from the bottom frame member of the panel frame at a position spaced apart from a bottom edge of the bottom frame member, forming a first gap between the bottom planar surface of the ledge and the bottom edge of the bottom frame member;a hinge rotatably coupling the bottom frame member of a first panel frame of the plurality of panel frames to the top frame member of an adjacent panel frame of the plurality of panel frames,wherein a second gap is formed between the top frame member of the adjacent panel frame and the bottom planar surface of the ledge, wherein the second gap is greater than or equal to the first gap; anda sheet of material having a rear surface and an opposed front surface, the rear surface coupled to the front surface of the panel frame such that a bottom edge of the sheet rests on the top planar surface of the ledge, wherein the front surface of the sheet is a second distance from the front surface of the panel frame, the first distance being less than or equal to the second distance, wherein no portion of the plurality of panel frames contacts the front surface of the sheet. 2. The door of claim 1, further comprising a coupling mechanism having an adhesive positioned between the planar front surface of at least one of the plurality of panel frames and the sheet, and wherein the first distance comprises a combined thickness of the sheet and the coupling mechanism. 3. The door of claim 1, wherein the coupling mechanism consists of an adhesive layer bonded to at least one of the plurality of panel frames and to the sheet of material, andwherein the coupling mechanism and the ledge comprise the only coupling of the sheet of material to the panel frame. 4. The door of claim 1, wherein the sheet is at least partially translucent. 5. The door of claim 1, wherein the sheet is at least partially opaque. 6. The door of claim 1, wherein the sheet is tempered glass. 7. The door of claim 6, wherein the tempered glass includes flame-polished edges. 8. The door of claim 1, wherein the sheet is polycarbonate. 9. The door of claim 1, wherein the panel frame members are aluminum extrusions, roll formed steel, or drawn square tubes. 10. An upward acting, multi-panel door, the door comprising: a plurality of panel frames, wherein each panel frame of the plurality of panel frames includes an inward facing surface, a planar outward facing surface, and a ledge extending from the planar outward facing surface a first distance, the ledge having a top surface and a bottom surface and being spaced apart a first ledge distance from a lower distal end of the panel frame; anda plurality of glass panels each having a front surface and a planar rear surface, wherein the planar rear surface of each of the plurality of glass panels is coupled to the planar outward facing surfaces of the plurality of panel frames, wherein a lower edge of the plurality of glass panels rests on the top surface of the ledge, wherein each front surface of each glass panel is a second distance from the outward facing surfaces of the plurality of panel frames to which the glass panel is coupled, the first distance being less than or equal to the second distance,wherein the planar outward facing surface is planar with the exception of the ledge,wherein each panel frame further includes a top frame member comprising: a first sealing member receptacle configured to receive a resilient sealing member and positioned nearer to the planar outward facing surface than to the inward facing surface; anda tongue protrusion positioned nearer to the inward facing surface than to the planar outward facing surface,wherein each panel frame further includes a bottom frame member providing the lower distal end of the panel frame and comprising: a second sealing member receptacle configured to receive the resilient sealing member of the top frame member of an adjacent panel frame inside the second sealing member receptacle when the door is in a closed position and biased toward the planar outward facing surface; anda groove configured to receive the tongue protrusion of the top frame member of the adjacent panel frame inside the groove when the door is in the closed position and biased toward the inward facing surface; anda hinged connection hingedly coupling the bottom frame member of a first panel frame of the plurality of panel frames to the top frame member of the adjacent panel frame of the plurality of panel frames,wherein the first ledge distance separates the bottom surface of the ledge from the lower distal end of the panel frame, wherein the ledge is spaced apart from and does not contact the adjacent panel frame. 11. The door of claim 10, wherein the ledge extends from the panel outward facing surface at a right angle. 12. The door of claim 10, wherein an outward facing surface of the plurality of glass panels is unobstructed. 13. The door of claim 10, wherein a color of the ledge matches a color of the plurality of glass panels. 14. The door of claim 10, further comprising an adhesive positioned between the plurality of glass panels and the plurality of panel frames. 15. The door claim 10, further comprising a double-sided tape positioned between the plurality of glass panels and the plurality of panel frames. 16. A method of manufacturing a panel of a sectional door, the method comprising: providing a panel frame comprising a planar outward facing surface and a ledge that protrudes from the outward facing surface, wherein the planar outward facing surface is planar with the exception of the ledge, wherein the ledge is spaced apart a first ledge distance from a bottom edge of the panel frame;providing an at least partially translucent sheet comprising a planar inward facing surface and an outward facing surface;coupling the planar inward facing surface of the at least partially translucent sheet to the planar outward facing surface of the panel frame so that a bottom edge of the at least partially translucent sheet rests on the ledge, whereby no portion of the panel frame contacts the outward facing surface of the at least partially translucent sheet, and wherein the at least partially translucent sheet is spaced apart by the ledge from the bottom edge of the panel frame;forming a first sealing member receptacle in the panel frame configured to receive a resilient sealing member and positioned nearer to the planar outward facing surface than to the inward facing surface;forming a tongue protrusion in the panel frame positioned nearer to the inward facing surface than to the planar outward facing surface,wherein the resilient sealing member is configured to be received by second sealing member of an adjacent panel frame,wherein the tongue protrusion is configured to be received by a groove of the adjacent panel frame; andproviding a hinged connection configured to hingedly couple the panel frame to the adjacent panel frame, wherein the first ledge distance separates the ledge from the bottom edge of the panel frame, wherein the ledge is spaced apart from and does not contact the adjacent panel frame. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the coupling the inward facing surface of the at least one partially translucent sheet to the outward facing surface of the of the panel frame comprises placing a coupling mechanism comprising an adhesive between the inward facing surface of the at least partially translucent sheet and the outward facing surface of the panel frame. 18. The method of claim 16, further comprising aligning a bottom edge of the at least partially translucent sheet with the ledge to position the at least partially translucent sheet on the panel frame. 19. The method of claim 16, further comprising coating the ledge so that a color of the ledge substantially matches a color of the at least partially translucent sheet. 20. The method of claim 16, further comprising placing a second sheet adjacent to the at least partially translucent sheet on the panel frame. 21. An upward acting, multi-panel door, the door comprising: a panel frame comprising: a top frame member comprising: a first sealing member receptacle configured to receive a resilient sealing member,a tongue protrusion;a bottom frame member comprising: a second sealing member receptacle configured to receive the resilient sealing member of the top frame member of an adjacent panel frame inside the second sealing member receptacle when the door is in a closed position; anda groove configured to receive the tongue protrusion of the top frame member of the adjacent panel frame inside the groove when the door is in the closed position,wherein the front surface of the top frame member and the front surface of the bottom frame member each is planar;a ledge extending outwardly from the front surface of the bottom frame member of the panel frame at a position spaced apart from the bottom edge of the bottom frame member;a sheet of material disposed on the panel frame and contacting the ledge; anda coupling mechanism securing the sheet of material to the panel frame, the coupling mechanism comprising an adhesive sandwiched between the panel frame and the sheet. 22. The upward acting, multi-panel door according to claim 21, wherein the panel frame comprises an inner surface and an opposed outer surface, the adhesive positioned only on the outer surface of the panel frame. 23. The upward acting, multi-panel door according to claim 21, wherein a front surface of the sheet of material is an outermost surface of the door.
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