US 11,808,082 B2
Sealing system for overhead door
John D. Patock, Spicer, MN (US); and Carl J. Peterson, Hawick, MN (US)
Assigned to THERMO TRAKS INC, Spicer, MN (US)
Filed by Thermo Traks Inc, Spicer, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,180.
Application 17/502,180 is a continuation of application No. 16/200,112, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,180,949.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/590,828, filed on Nov. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034154 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 15/38 (2006.01); E06B 7/23 (2006.01); E05D 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 7/2305 (2013.01) [E05D 15/24 (2013.01); E06B 7/231 (2013.01); E06B 7/2309 (2013.01); E06B 7/2314 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overhead door assembly for a storage enclosure, the overhead door assembly comprising:
an overhead door, the overhead door including:
panels each having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and
roller assemblies mounted to the interior surface of the panels, the roller assemblies configured to roll on an overhead door track assembly for raising and lowering the overhead door between an open position and a closed position; and
a seal for sealing a space between the overhead door and an opening of the storage enclosure, the seal including:
a first sealing portion including a hardened plastic, wherein the first sealing portion tapers along a length of the first sealing portion, the length defined between a first end and a second end of the first sealing portion; and
a second sealing portion extending from the second end of the first sealing portion, the second sealing portion including:
a first leg extending from the second end of the first sealing portion at a first angle;
a second leg extending from the second end of the first sealing portion at a second angle, the second angle being larger than the first angle;
a compressible foam; and
a slip seal layer on the compressible foam to inhibit sticking to a surface.