Patents Assigned to Fit Carrosserie SA
  • Patent number: 5909762
    Abstract: A sectional door includes a plurality of consecutively coupled panels, each panel having at least one profiled form over at least a portion of a length of an end thereof, the at least one form defining a swivel joint between coupled panels. The panels, as coupled, can move between a vertical position and a horizontal position in order to allow door opening or closing. Preferably, the door includes a top panel, a bottom panel and a plurality of intermediate panels coupled there between in which each intermediate panel include a pair of profiled forms along at least part of the length thereof of each end. One of the forms includes an interior curved profile sized to allow the positioning and housing of connecting bars over at least a portion of the length of the profile, the connecting bars being associated to allow moving of all of the coupled panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Fit Carrosserie SA
    Inventors: Daniel Denoual, Maurice Perroux