Invention in 1926 a mechanic named cg johnson who lived in a small town in indiana invented the garage door opener.
Garage door invention.
The upward acting garage door was invented by c.
He didn t just wake up to get convinced that manufacturing doors for garages was the next business idea to latch onto.
This door could be lifted upwards folding parallel to the garage ceiling.
Johnson also invented the electric door opener to assist those who had trouble lifting the heavy wooden door.
He did because he saw a need for it.
Invention of garage door.
Building with a production capacity of one door per day.
Johnson invented the solution to solve this garage door issue the first upward acting garage door.
I bet you didn t know the garage door has been around since 1921.
Johnson in the year of 1921.
The garage door was invented by our founder c g.
Johnson actually invented the first upward acting garage door which is typically the type of garage doors you see in the u s.
And 5 years later in 1926 mr.
But before seeing what necessitated the invention of overhead garage doors used all over the world today.
A further solution to the question of space came with the invention of the overhead door by c g.
Partnering with attorney forest mckee of hartford ciy indiana the company starts its first plant in detroit a 1 000 sq ft.