Patents by Inventor Don McTavish

Don McTavish has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9416589
    Abstract: A deformable guide for a rollable door is disclosed. The guide has two wall portions. One wall portion defines a longitudinal edge while another wall portion defines an inner longitudinal planar face. Together, the inner longitudinal planar face and the longitudinal edge define a longitudinal slot. The guide receives, via the longitudinal slot, a longitudinal end section of a rollable door side strip, the inner longitudinal planar face of the guide providing a mating surface for a planar surface of the side strip. A longitudinal rib of the longitudinal end section of the side strip is maintained within the guide. The side strip is released by widening of the longitudinal slot upon application on the side strip of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold. A guiding system including the deformable guide and the side strip and a rollable door including the guiding system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Indotech Industrial Doors Inc.
    Inventors: Don McTavish, Juan Palencia, Daniel Deland
  • Publication number: 20160177624
    Abstract: A roll-up door and a curtain riser for a roll-up door are disclosed. The roll-up door includes a curtain, a pair of lateral guides configured to hold sides of the curtain when lowered, and a curtain riser. The curtain riser includes a horizontal member on which the curtain can be rolled when raised. A front edge of the horizontal member is aligned with a path formed by the lateral guides so that a top end of the curtain is tangent to the horizontal member when the curtain is fully lowered. The disclosed configuration of the curtain riser allows installation of the roll-up doors in applications where low headroom is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Juan PALENCIA, Daniel DELAND, Don MCTAVISH
  • Publication number: 20140158313
    Abstract: A deformable guide for a rollable door is disclosed. The guide has two wall portions. One wall portion defines a longitudinal edge while another wall portion defines an inner longitudinal planar face. Together, the inner longitudinal planar face and the longitudinal edge define a longitudinal slot. The guide receives, via the longitudinal slot, a longitudinal end section of a rollable door side strip, the inner longitudinal planar face of the guide providing a mating surface for a planar surface of the side strip. A longitudinal rib of the longitudinal end section of the side strip is maintained within the guide. The side strip is released by widening of the longitudinal slot upon application on the side strip of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold. A guiding system including the deformable guide and the side strip and a rollable door including the guiding system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: INDOTECH INDUSTRIAL DOORS INC.
    Inventors: Don McTavish, Juan Palencia, Daniel Deland