US 11,898,389 B2
Tilting door system
Mark Macdonald, Ocala, FL (US); Ryan Bosco Dsouza, Ocala, FL (US); and Morey Wilkerson, Ocala, FL (US)
Filed by Mark Macdonald, Ocala, FL (US); Ryan Bosco Dsouza, Ocala, FL (US); and Morey Wilkerson, Ocala, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/080,328.
Prior Publication US 2022/0127887 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 15/38 (2006.01); E06B 3/50 (2006.01); E06B 1/52 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 15/38 (2013.01) [E06B 1/522 (2013.01); E06B 3/5018 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/108 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/132 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tilt-up door for a building, the building having a door opening to be closed by said tilt-up door when in a vertical closed position, the door being movable in an opening cycle to a generally horizontal open position and being movable in a closing cycle from the open position to the closed position, said door comprising, when in said closed position:
a. a door frame including at least top and bottom horizontal members, and at least left and right vertical side members each connected to the top and bottom horizontal members at opposite ends of the top and bottom horizontal members and a barrier affixed to said door frame;
b. each of the left and right vertical side members includes a pivot point positioned between the top and bottom horizontal members of said door frame, said pivot points engaged with an actuation mechanism which when powered raises or lowers said pivot points;
c. first and second cams, each mounted to a respective one of the vertical side members of said door frame, a lower end of each of said cams is affixed to the respective one of the vertical side members at a position at or slightly above a point approximately half-way down the respective one of the vertical side members, and each said cam extending from the lower end thereof upwardly and arcuately toward an interior of the building to a distal upper terminal end of said cam, said distal upper terminal end of each of said first and second cams contacts a cam follower, said cam followers extend toward each other approximately at a right angle with respect to said vertical side members and parallel to the top horizontal member, wherein as the door moves between the closed position and the open position, the cam followers slide along the first and second cams and guide the first and second cams and the door; and
d. said actuation mechanism, when powered, causes each said pivot point to move, thereby causing the door to move between the open and closed positions.