safe-t support
WHAT IT IS
According to a Neiss Hospital Study, 13,000 people suffer from garage door accidents every year. The Safe-T Support is designed to help prevent many of these injuries. All Safe-T Supports below come with supplied clamps that are designed for a standard 2” garage door track. These clamps are designed to be installed quickly and use only a 3/16” Allen Wrench. Custom mounting options are available upon request. Safety arms are powder-coated yellow. Steel brackets are powder-coated black with all aluminum anodized clear.
We currently have 4 designs:
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Manual Safety Arms
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Manual Safety Arms with LED lights
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Semi-Automatic Safety Arms with LED Lights
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Fully Automatic Safety Arms with LED Lights
SCENARIO
PROBLEM
A customer had a safety issue with a garage door. One of their heavy overhead garage doors fell about 4 feet. Luckily, it jammed in the track and stopped before falling all the way to the concrete floor. If it did not stop and someone was under the door they would have been seriously injured or maybe even resulted in death. A 2007 NEISS Hospital Study found the more than 13,000 people suffer injuries as a result of a garage door accident every year, and this estimate adjusted for present-day produces a figure at or around 20,000 injuries per year.
CURRENTLY
In an effort to prevent the occurrence of a garage door failure and/or injury, a number of safety devices currently exist today for garage door applications. (e.g., infrared red safety device). However, these types of safety devices are fully dependent on the existing means to raise/lower the garage door. In event of a failure in one of the means (e.g. a component, motor, cable, spring, etc.), the infrared safety devices are not able to physically prevent the garage door from quickly falling, thereby doing nothing to mitigate or prevent sever injury or damage to an individual or object positioned beneath the door when it falls.
SOLUTION
There exist a long-felt need for an improved Safe-T Support the prevents a garage door from falling and that is capable of physically stopping the garage door from continuing to fall once said garage door has failed. The Safe-T Support will stop the door from falling, is easily installed, will extend/retract quickly and will indicate to the operator when the safety arms are properly in place or not with indicator lights.
CHOOSE YOUR TIER
Manual Safety Arms
This system comes with (2) safety arms, one for each side of garage door. Each arm is mounted to the garage door track using supplied clamps. Supplied clamps are designed for a standard 2” garage door track. Custom mounting options are available upon request. Garage door is opened high enough so the arms can clear. Then the arms are manually unlocked and swung into place under the garage door then locked in place to prevent moving.
Manual Safety Arms
with led lights
This system comes with (2) safety arms, one for each side of the garage door. Each arm is mounted to the garage door track using supplied clamps. Supplied clamps are designed for a standard 2” garage door track. Custom mounting options are available upon request. Garage door is opened high enough so the arms can clear. Then the arms are manually unlocked and swung into place under the garage door then locked in place to prevent moving. Once both arms are in place and make both limit switches, a “GREEN” LED light will come on to let the operator know the safety arms are properly in place. When the safety arms are retracted (in the STOW position) a “RED” LED light will be on.
semi-automatic
Safety Arms
with led lights
This system comes with (2) safety arms, one for each side of garage door. Each arm is mounted to the garage door track using supplied clamps. Supplied clamps are designed for a standard 2” garage door track. Custom mounting options are available upon request. Garage door is opened high enough so the arms can clear. This system uses an electric cylinder connected to the arms to move the arms in/out of position. This system comes with an electrical box with a selector switch (to move arms in/out) and a “RED” LED light to let the operator know the safety arms are not in position and a “GREEN” LED light to let the operator know the safety arms are properly in position.
automatic
Safety Arms
with led lights
This system comes with (2) safety arms, one for each side of garage door. Each arm is mounted to the garage door track using supplied clamps. Supplied clamps are designed for a standard 2” garage door track. Custom mounting options are available upon request. Once the existing garage door opener is pressed the garage door will open until it trips the supplied limit switch. Then the safety arms will automatically extend into position. The “GREEN” LED light will come on to let you know the safety arms are in position. Garage door is opened high enough so the arms can clear. This system uses an electric cylinder, that is connected to the arms, to move the arms in/out of position. This system also comes with an electrical box and a “RED” LED light to let you the safety arms are not in position and a “GREEN” LED light to let you know the arms are in position. When closing the garage door, the operator will press close on the existing garage door opener and then safety arms will retract and the garage door will close.
*Safety arms are powder-coated yellow. Steel brackets are powder coated black with all aluminum anodized clear.
**For any quantities over 5 units, please request quote**
***All Prices plus Freight***
