SECTIONAL DOORS AND COMPRESSIBLE FLEXIBLE HINGE ASSEMBLIES

摘要

Novel compressible flexible hinge assemblies for connecting abutting panel sections (30 and 50) of upward acting or sectional doors, such as garage doors, are disclosed. More particularly, abutting panel sections of an upward acting door are hingedly connected together economically and in a weather-tight relationship by a flexible hinge assembly (70) which can be easily installed without the use of tools by snapping it into predesigned elongated slots (61 and 41a) in the abutting panel sections from the rear or interior side of the door. When assembled, a compressible flexible hinge assembly (70) of the present invention provides a smooth, flush back surface on the rear or interior side of an upward acting door and eliminates the unsightly appearance associated with conventional metal hardware heretofore used to hinge abutting panel sections (30 and 50) of upward acting doors (70).