GARAGE DOOR DECORATIVE COVER

REVETEMENT DECORATIF POUR PORTE DE GARAGE

English Abstract

A Garage Door Decorative Cover a residential decorative ornament for a garage door and means
of attachment thereof are provided that allows festive and informational ornamentation of
ordinary garage doors while maintaining full use of such garage doors. The decorative cover can
be made of flexible weather resistant material, which is then printed with various designs on its
surface. The decorative cover is installed by draping it onto a front of the garage door. It is then
secured to the garage door on a back or front side by way of several features which may include,
flexible attachment devices, hook and fasten, zipper, grommets, buckles, hooks, adhesives, cords,
grommets, and like alternatives.

French Abstract

Élément décoratif pour porte de garage de maisons d'habitation et dispositif de fixation correspondant, qui permettent d'ajouter des éléments décoratifs et informatifs à des portes de garage ordinaires sans nuire toutefois au fonctionnement complet des portes. Le revêtement décoratif peut être fabriqué d'un matériau flexible résistant aux intempéries, dont la surface est imprimée de motifs différents. L'installation consiste à recouvrir le devant d'une porte de garage du revêtement et de le fixer sur le devant ou à l'arrière de cette dernière à l'aide de différents dispositifs qui peuvent comprendre des dispositifs de fixation flexibles, des agrafes, des fermetures à glissière, des oeillets, des boucles, des crochets, des adhésifs, des câbles, etc.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed is defined
as follows.
A Garage Door Decorative Cover, which is a flexible weather resistant decorating ornament
for garage doors, comprising: a decorative cover for attachment to a garage door; providing at
least some edges of the decorative cover with attachment devices; draping the decorative cover
over a front of the garage door and attaching at least one attachment device to flexibly attach the
decorative cover to the garage door; the attachment device attaching the decorative cover to the
garage door accommodating sufficient flexibility of the decorative cover to take up slack in the
decorative cover and allow for complete opening and closing of the garage door while preventing
the decorative cover from shifting relative to the garage door, flexible attachment devices
connected from the decorative cover to the garage door acts as an anchor to hold the cover to the
door and are such that some pulling experienced by the decorative cover during door opening and
closing will be absorbed by the flexible attachment device thus eliminating premature wear to the
decorative cover and allow for complete opening and closing of the garage door while preventing
the decorative cover from shifting relative to the garage door; flexible attachment devices
connected from one location of the decorative cover to another location on the decorative cover
are such that some pulling experienced by the decorative cover during door opening and closing
will be absorbed by the flexible attachment device thus eliminating premature wear to the
decorative cover and allow for complete opening and closing of the garage door while preventing
the decorative cover from shifting relative to the garage door; attachment devices connected
from the decorative cover to the garage door acts as an anchor to hold the cover to the door and
are such that the decorative cover accommodates its own pull during door opening and closing of
the garage door thus eliminating premature wear to the decorative cover and allow for complete
opening and closing of the garage door while preventing the decorative cover from shifting
relative to the garage door; attachment devices connected from one location of the decorative
cover to another location on the decorative cover are such that the decorative cover
accommodates its own pull during door opening and closing of the garage door thus eliminating
premature wear to the decorative cover and allow for complete opening and closing of the garage
door while preventing the decorative cover from shifting relative to the garage door.
2 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 1, further comprising: printed indicia on
an externally facing side of the decorative cover.
3 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 1, wherein the top and bottom edges of
the decorative cover include attachment devices comprising a plurality of spaced grommets and a
plurality of tether cords, said step of attaching the decorative cover to the garage door including
tying one end of a tether cord to a grommet located along the top and bottom edges and tying an
opposite end of the tether cord to a portion of the garage door.
4 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 3, wherein one or more flexible cords are
connected between at least one grommet located along the top edge and at least one grommet
located along the bottom edge of the decorative cover.
5 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 3, wherein the step of attaching the
decorative cover to the garage door includes tying said opposite end of the tether cord to a
portion of the garage door.

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6 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein the opposite end of the tether
cord is tied to a portion of the door located between the top edge and the bottom edge of the
decorative cover.
7 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein said decorative cover is an
insulator.
8 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein an exterior surface of the
decorative cover includes decorative printed indicia.
9 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein the attachment device directly
affixing the decorative cover to the garage door include one or more grommets located near the
top and bottom ends of the decorative cover and a tether cord is attached directly between the
one or more grommets and the garage door.
10 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein the tether cord is attached
directly between the one or more grommets and a portion of the garage door.
11 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein the tether cord is attached to
the garage door at a position between the top and bottom ends of the decorative cover.
12 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein the attachment device
includes at least one elastic cord.
13 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein an exterior surface of the
decorative cover includes advertising printed indicia.
14 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein attachment devices are such
that attachment to the garage door encompasses top, bottom, and sides.
15 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein attachment devices are such
that attachment to the garage door encompasses rear side attachment and front side attachment.
16 A Garage Door Decorative Cover as defined in claim 5, wherein attachment devices includes
hook and fasten, zipper, buckle, hooks, adhesives, cords, grommets, snaps, and straps.

Description

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Specifications
The invention relates to a Garage Door Decorative Cover a residential ornament for garage doors
that can be easily removably affixed to a garage door to provide an aesthetically pleasing exterior
cover that can include printed indicia.
To the best of my knowledge, there is presently no prior art that is similar in concept to this new
invention.
It is an object of the invention to provide an additional type of decorating ornament for residential
dwellings. This decorative ornament can be easily affixed to an exterior surface of a garage door
and can remain affixed during normal opening and closing of the garage door without interference
with or by the door.
The above and other objects are achieved by: providing a decorative cover which may be made
from flexible weather resistant material, providing at least top and bottom and or side edges with
attachment devices that may be flexible; draping the decorative cover over a front of the garage
door and attaching at least one of the att~chment device directly to the garage door; in a manner
that allows flexibility of the decorative cover; and or attaching at least one ~tt~hment device to
interconnect the top and bottom and or side edges of the decorative cover and take up slack in the
decorative cover, the attachment device attached directly to the garage door and the ~tt~c.hment
device interconnecting the edges accommodating sufficient flexibility of the decorative cover and
take up slack thus allowing for complete opening and closing of the garage door while preventing
the decorative cover from shifting relative to the garage door.
The invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings wherein: Fig. 1
illustrates a view of an extended rear side attaching decorative cover A and garage door B; Fig. 2
illustrates a perspective rear view of a rear side att~ching decorative cover A installed to garage
door B; Fig. 3 illustrates a rear close up view of a lower right corner of the garage door shown in
Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 illustrates another rear perspective view of the garage door and rear side
attaching decorative cover with the garage door opened half way; Fig; 5 illustrates a perspective
front view of a front attaching decorative cover A installed to garage door B; Fig. 6 illustrates a
perspective rear view of a rear side attaching decorative cover A installed to garage door B; Fig.
7 illustrates a rear view of a rear side attaching decorative cover A installed to garage door B.
With reference to Fig. 1, there is shown a decorative cover A for a garage door B of the type
having a plurality of hinged door segments. The decorative cover A is formed preferably from a
weather-resistant material and can be in~ ting As shown, the decorative cover A is sized larger
in one dimension than the garage door B to allow the cover A to wrap around the garage door B
as better illustrated in Fig. 2. At least top and bottom ends of the cover A include attachment
devices, which preferably include spaced grommets 1 and tether devices 2, for attachment of the
cover directly to the garage door to prevent the cover from riding up or down during opening of
the garage door. The tether devices 2 can include tether cords, hooks or the like. At least one

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flexible attachment device 4, preferably a bungie-type or other elastic cord, is also provided.
Preferably, the surface 3 of the cover is suitable for festive indicia or advertisement to be printed
thereon. Fig. 2 illustrates an attachment method for retaining the decorative cover A on the
garage door B to allow full normal opening and closing of the garage door B.
Tether devices 2, preferably a flexible tether cord, for example, are tied between grommets 1 near
left and right edges of the top and bottom of decorative cover A and the garage door. A suitable
tying location for the opposite ends of the tether devices 2 is a hinge member of the garage door
located between the top and bottom ends of the decorative cover as best illustrated in the close up
view of Fig. 3. Flexible att~chment device 4, preferably a bungie-type cord, connects one or more
grommets 1 in the top end of the cover A with one or more gromrnets 1 in the bottom end of the
cover A to take up slack in the cover and to accommodate stretch of the cover during opening of
the garage door B as best illustrated in Fig. 4. The attachment is the cris-cross att~çl~ment
method illustrated, although other ~ttachments are contemplated. Alternatively, the attachment
devices can include zippers, snaps, cords, Velcro, hooks or other equivalent structures for
removably but stretchable affixing the decorative cover to the back side of the garage door B to
accommodate opening and closing of the garage door B. A method of in~t~ tion of the
decorative cover will now be described with reference to Figs. 1-2 and 4. As previously stated,
the cover A is sized in one dimension to be larger than the corresponding garage door B. While
the garage door B is at least partially open, the top and bottom ends of the cover A are wrapped
around the garage door B. Tether devices 2 can then be tied from grommets 1 to the hinges on
the back side of the garage door B as shown. The flexible ~tt~çhment device 4, bungie-type cord,
is wrapped through one or more of the grommets 1 to elastically connect the top and bottom ends
of cover A . As shown in both the closed position (Fig. 2) and the open position (Fig. 4), the
flexible attachment device 4 takes up slack in the decorative cover A. Fig. 5 illustrates a front
view of decorative cover A which is size smaller in all dimensions than garage door B installed on
a front side of garage door B with f~tening devices 5. Fig. 6 illustrates a rear view of decorative
cover A which is size larger in one dimension than garage door B installed to a rear side of garage
door B with buckled attachment devices 6 interconnecting top to bottom and side to side edges.
Fig. 7 illustrates a rear view of the preferred method for inst~lling decorative cover A to a rear
side of garage door B using flexible tether cord attachment devices 2. The invention has been
described with reference to the pr~r~lled embodiments thereof, which are illustrative and not
limitin~ Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention as defined in the appended claims.
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Representative Drawing