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Garage Door With Halloween Pumpkin Decorative Cover
Halloween Pumpkin garage door

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the garage door cover assembly of the invention attached to a garage door which is in a closed position;

Garage Door Decorative Cover
Inventor Benson Zinbarg
Patent #5,943,803
Issued August 31, 1999

Patent Abstract

A garage door cover assembly for use on an exterior surface of a garage door of the type having a plurality of door panels permitted to rotate relative to each other when the garage door moves from a closed position to an open position is provided. The garage door cover assembly includes a plurality of horizontal cover panels and, for each cover panel, fixing members to couple the panel to a garage door panel. The cover panels are provided with fanciful holiday, seasonal, or other celebratory indicia. The indicia on the panels together form a composite illustration. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cover panels are made from a flexible, waterproof polyethylene.

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