shaped shield once the door sections have been assembled into the sectional door specifically both the bottom of the foot of the l shaped shield and the top edge of the lower door section carry a strip of double face adhesive tape so that once the door sections have been assembled into the sectional door the covering over both of these double face adhesive tapes is removed and the sectional door is closed to bring these two adhesive strips together advantageously the placement of two strips of double face adhesive tapes means that the mounting of the l shaped shield can be accomplished in inclement weather under dusty conditions or the like since each strip of adhesive is protected from contamination until the final assembly step the vertical leg of the l shaped shield is then released from the upper door section in this manner the l shaped shield is securely fastened to the top edge of the lower door section in a position so that the vertical leg at all times shields the gap between the adjacent edges of the upper door section and the lower door section this is especially important in that it prevents fingers from being either intentionally or inadvertently inserted between these two sections as the garage door is lowered the inner shield is installed after the sectional door has been assembled this is accomplished by simply exposing an adhesive surface along one edge of the plastic strip and aligning this adhesive surface with the bottom edge of the upper door section prior to pressing the.