Patent ID: 7131241
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window covering for exterior use comprising: a. a first stile; b. a second stile; c. a first unitary core having a plurality of generally parallel grooves formed therein, wherein said first core is positioned within an interior of said first stile; d. a second unitary core having a plurality of generally parallel grooves formed therein that face said plurality of generally parallel grooves formed in said first core, wherein said second core is positioned within an interior of said second stile; e. a plurality of louvers, wherein each of said plurality of said louvers has a first end and a second end, with said first end and said second end each having a cross sectional area that is substantially equal to a cross sectional area of a center portion of said each of said plurality of louvers, and wherein each of said plurality of generally parallel grooves is formed to receive said first end or said second end of said plurality of louvers, and wherein said first end of each of said plurality of louvers engages one of said plurality of generally parallel grooves formed in said first core and wherein said second end of each of said plurality of louvers engages one of said plurality of generally parallel grooves formed in said second core, and wherein said first end extends into an interior of said first stile, and said second end extends into an interior of said second stile, further comprising a top rail and a bottom rail, wherein each of said first stile and said second stile is a generally U shaped channel, and said first core, a portion of said bottom rail, a portion of said top rail, and said first end of all of said louvers occupy substantially an entire interior portion of said generally U shaped channel of said first stile and wherein said second core, a portion of said bottom rail, a portion of said top rail and said second end of all of said louvers occupy substantially an entire interior portion of said generally U shaped channel of said second stile, wherein said top rail comprises a first ply that extends from said interior of said first stile to said interior of said second stile and a second ply that extends from said interior of said first stile to said interior of said second stile and said bottom rail comprises a first ply that extends from said interior of said first stile to said interior of said second stile and a second ply that extends from said interior of said first stile to said interior of said second stile.