Patent ID: 6467219
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
An improved window shutter comprising a pair of opposed linearly extending rails and a pair of opposed linearly extending stiles, said rails and stiles defining a shutter frame retaining a plurality of parallel louvers pivotally disposed between and normal to said stiles, said rails received by a channel within said stiles and joined by a bonding agent therein, said rail having a substantially rectangular cross sectional shape, and further comprising opposed inner and outer faces extending along a thickness of said rail, opposed front and back faces extending along a width of said rail, and opposing end faces, said inner face oriented parallel and facing said louvers, said outer face oriented outwardly of said shutter frame, and at least one bonding agent weeping slot, said slot formed in each end face and extending from said inner face, said slot received within said channel to define a bonding agent weeping conduit, having an end open at said inner face.