Patent ID: 6095225
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A rolling shutter assembly, comprising:a shutter support member;a shutter coupled to said shutter support member, said shutter comprising a plurality of individual slats and a plurality of hinges interconnecting said slats;a first extension member coupled to one of said hinges and being adapted to engage said slats interconnected by said one of said hinges to prevent substantial relative horizontal movement of said interconnected slats; anda pair of shutter tracks, said shutter and said shutter support member being adapted to roll said shutter from an unrolled position in which said slats are disposed in said shutter tracks to a rolled position in which said shutter is rolled up on said shutter support member, wherein said first extension member is disposed within one of said shutter tracks when said shutter is in said unrolled position, said one of said shutter tracks being adapted to engage said first extension member to retain said first extension member and said shutter in said one of said shutter tracks when said shutter is in said unrolled position.