Patent ID: 6041547
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A shutter having a generally rectangular frame and comprising;side frame members and top and bottom members, of hollow thermo-plastic construction;a plurality of hollow thermo-plastic blades extending horizontally from one side frame to the other;end members on said blades with axles extending outwardly at each end and being received in holes in the side frames, the holes being located at predetermined spacings along the shutter frames, so as to provide a pleasing appearance and to permit complete closure of the shutter when the blades are rotated closed;a pull bar connected to the shutter blades along one end of each of the blades;connection link members defining two ends, there being a said connection link member for each respective blade;pivot means at one end of each said link member pivotally connected with the end members of one end of each respective one of the blades;pivot receiving recesses formed in end members at one end of each of the shutter blades and openings are formed in such recesses, to receive rotatable pivot means of said connection link members therein and,attachment means at the other said end of each said connection link member operatively coupled to the pull bar, whereby operation of the pull bar upwardly or downwardly will move all of the shutter blades simultaneously by rotating the same between closed and opened positions.