US 12,258,800 B2
Laminate panel and overhead sectional door panel with laminate panels and a universal fabric hinge
John K. McGee, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Clopay Corporation, Mason, OH (US)
Filed by Clopay Corporation, Mason, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,532.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,077, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340799 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. E05D 15/16 (2006.01); E05D 15/24 (2006.01); E06B 3/48 (2006.01); E06B 3/70 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 15/165 (2013.01) [E05D 15/242 (2013.01); E06B 3/486 (2013.01); E06B 3/7001 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01); E06B 2003/7044 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A panel for an overhead sectional door, comprising:
a laminate core;
a first laminate skin coupled to a first side of the laminate core;
a second laminate skin coupled to a second side of the laminate core, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, wherein the first laminate skin and the second laminate skin each comprises a plurality of layers of composite plies; and
a universal fabric hinge comprising:
a plurality of through-holes symmetrically arranged in the universal fabric hinge; and
a plurality of visual fold lines, wherein the plurality of visual fold lines are capable of being folded into two different orientations, the plurality of visual fold lines, comprising:
a first visual fold line located at a mid-point of a height of the universal fabric hinge;
a second visual fold line located at a bottom quarter of the height of the universal fabric hinge;
a third visual fold line located at an angle relative to the first fold line; and
a fourth visual fold line located at an angle relative to the first visual fold line, wherein the first visual fold line, the third visual fold line, and the fourth visual fold line are arranged to form an isosceles triangle.