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T.W. Meiklejohn of Wisconsin invented the first automatic garage door opener in 1918. It consisted of a U-shaped bar placed across the sidewalk leading to the door, releasing a pivoted door latch by means of rods and levers.Source:”Popular Science”: A Self Opening and Closing Door (p. 62); December, 1918.
