Patent ID: 8475910
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A panel assembly for mounting about a perimeter surface of an opening so as to protect the opening from wind and impact loads, the panel comprising: a corrugated polymeric sheet panel having a plurality of corrugations at a defined and constant pitch, the sheet panel comprising a top, a bottom, and sides therebetween, wherein the corrugations are vertically extending from the top to the bottom; and a corrugated contiguous band horizontally extending at about an end of the top and the bottom, wherein the corrugated contiguous band is complementary and contiguous to the plurality of corrugations of the corrugated sheet panel; wherein the complementary and corrugated contiguous band is disposed on each major surface of the sheet panel; and a contiguous band sandwiching the polymeric sheet material at a terminal end of each side and extending vertically from the top to the bottom.