Patent ID: 9027280
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: E05C,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A universal locking device for hurricane shutters comprising two end brackets adapted to be attached to an exterior wall of a building structure on opposite sides of an opening therein, each said end bracket having an opening therethrough; at least one V-shaped bracket adapted to fit within and attach to a corrugation of a corrugated hurricane shutter panel, each said at least one V-shaped bracket having openings extending through two angled portions of said at least one V-shaped bracket; and an elongated locking bar adapted to pass through said openings of said two end brackets and said openings of said at least one V-shaped bracket, and having a distal end and an opposite tong end, wherein said distal end having a stop portion thereon, and said tong end having at least one hole; and a padlock adapted to be placed through said at least one hole of said tong end, such that said locking bar cannot be removed from said openings, and thereby prevents removal of said locking device from said shutter panel and said shutter panel from said building structure.