ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,647, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Clopay Corp. (Mason, Ohio).
"Door stop mechanism" was invented by Edward Leonard Weaver (Milford, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example door stop mechanism is provided. The door stop mechanism includes a body, a connection member, a spring, and a brake. The spring is coupled to the body and the connection member. The brake is positioned adjacent to the body. The brake moves between an engaged position via a spring force of the spring that causes the body to interact with the brake such that the brake contacts a track of an overhead door and an disengaged position via a force that acts...