Sectional Garage Doors Evolved into Single Panel Garage Doors
We’re explaining the evolution of the garage door this month. Garage doors date back as early as 450 B.C., when Roman soldiers stored their chariots in gatehouses. In the United States, garage doors came on the scene around 1902. In 1906, a company advertised an upward-lifting garage door in a catalog. The sectional garage door evolved into the single panel garage door. Both doors eventually evolved to having remote controls.
Sectional Garage Doors Have Unique Characteristics
In 1921, the Overhead Door Corporation founder invented the first overhead sectional garage door. The sectional door opened by lifting up vertically instead of sliding horizontally. They sit parallel to the ceiling when completely open. Eventually, sectional garage doors became single panel garage doors. Manufacturers make single panel garage doors into one large piece. The single panel garage door slides up into the space above the car once it’s open.
Remote Controls Soon Followed the Invention of the Sectional Garage Door
Both sectional garage doors and single panel garage doors can open using a remote control. Two U.S. inventors–one in Illinois, one in Washington state–invented and developed the first garage door remote controls simultaneously. Originally, remotes transmitted on designated frequencies. The receivers listened for the remote control’s radio signals and operated the opener mechanism. Sometimes the remote control operated neighboring garage doors; over time, they transmitted digital codes, solving the wrong-garage-door problem.
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