Patent ID: 6810621
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A louvered structure having a plurality of slats pivotally interconnected between opposed stiles of a rectangular frame, each said slats having a pivot rod projecting from opposed end walls thereof and extending into axially aligned holes formed in an inner face of said opposed stiles, a connector secured to each said pivot rods in one of said stiles, said connector having a cylindrical sleeve secured about said rod and at least one connector arm extending laterally from said cylindrical sleeve, said connector arm of said connector of each said slats being interconnected to a longitudinal slot interconnecting member by a pivot connection secured to each said connector arms whereby all of said slats pivot in unison about said pivot rods, and a friction brake member having a first and a second spaced-apart aperture, said first aperture being dimensioned to receive said cylindrical sleeve of one of said connectors in close rotational fit therein; said second aperture being dimensioned for friction fit about a cylindrical sleeve of an adjacent connector to arrest said adjacent connector and its associated slat, and all other connectors and associated slats interconnected thereto by said longitudinal slat interconnecting member, at a desired slat angle by displacing any one of said slats to said desired angle.