ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,953, issued on Aug. 4.
"Impact resistant garage door" was invented by Amos B. Glick (Gap, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garage door assembly provides resistance to both bullets and impacts while enabling the garage door to move between a horizontal open position and a vertical closed position. The garage door is formed with panels having a front impact shield, a rear plate, and high strength ballistic material sandwiched therebetween. Each panel is formed with a rearwardly extending structure that incorporates lateral extensions of the ballistic material in the panel and forms a hollow portion that encircles a bollard on opposi...