Patent ID: 9028162
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: E04B,E04H,E05B,E06B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A quick release system for attaching and releasing a hurricane panel having a mounting hole, with respect to a building by a release of a retaining pin located between the building and the hurricane panel, said system comprising: a) a bolt having an axis, a first end with a first cross bored hole, a threaded second end sized to pass through the mounting hole in the hurricane panel and receiving a corresponding tensionable fastener on the threaded second end, the bolt further having a stepped transition between the first end and the threaded second end forming a supporting surface supporting at least one of the hurricane panel and a support for the hurricane panel against movement of the mounting hole of the hurricane panel past the stepped transition; b) a receiving structure configured for attachment to at least one of the building and mounting hardware attached to the building, having a front surface with a first hole having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first end of the bolt, configured to receive the bolt, and having a second cross bored hole intersecting the first hole, said second cross bored hole being positioned so that when the bolt is inserted in the first hole and captured in the receiving structure by the retaining pin passing through the second cross bore hole in the receiving structure and the first cross bored hole in the bolt, the supporting surface on the bolt is maintained at a position protruding beyond the front surface of the receiving structure, such that said at least one of the hurricane panel and the support for the hurricane panel is attached between the corresponding tensionable fastener and the supporting surface and is prevented from transferring a compression force exerted by the corresponding tensionable fastener to the receiving structure, thereby preventing binding of the retaining pin between the bolt and the receiving structure; and c) the retaining pin, sized to be inserted through the second cross bored hole in the receiving structure and the first cross bored hole in the bolt, to selectively retain and release, respectively, the bolt at an axial position with respect to the receiving structure so that the supporting surface protrudes beyond the front surface of the receiving structure when the retaining pin is engaged in the receiving structure and the bolt, and a removal of the retaining pin from the first cross bored hole in the bolt renders the bolt releasable from the receiving structure.