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splitpit;28704 wrote:I'm still curious about Barry Slavin's uncle, C.G. JOHNSON, who invented the electric garage door opener. I'd love to hear the story behind that. I'm a bit of a history and nostalgia buff.

I dont know too much about it. It was on my mothers side of the family.Heard the family storys about it when I was growing up.
Before my aunt passed away, she had remarried when her first husband died.She passed at 92 years of age.

Hmmm, interesting. And why does the company he founded, Overhead Door, not manufacture or sell Genie brand openers? Seems rather odd but I'm sure there is a logical reason.

splitpit;28730 wrote:Hmmm, interesting. And why does the company he founded, Overhead Door, not manufacture or sell Genie brand openers? Seems rather odd but I'm sure there is a logical reason.

Ask them.Like I said, I dont know.

splitpit;28730 wrote:Hmmm, interesting. And why does the company he founded, Overhead Door, not manufacture or sell Genie brand openers? Seems rather odd but I'm sure there is a logical reason.

http://www.themanufacturer.com/us/profi ... SSID=c88bc

I do not know what part my uncle played in any of this, if any at all, other then the intellectual property law that I was told about as a child.

Hope that helps.

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