Patent ID: 6266923
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A shutter comprising:a frame including a first side support spaced apart from a second side support, each having a first and a second end, a first cross support connecting said first ends of said first and second side support and a second cross support connecting said second ends of said first and second side support, said first and second side supports each having a plurality blind bores, each blind bore of each of the first and second side supports mutually disposed toward a corresponding one of said blind bores in the other of the first and second side supports, said frame having a first side and a second side opposite said first side;a plurality of louvers each having first main surface and an oppositely disposed second main surface and a principal plane mid way between said first and said second main surfaces, each louver having a pair of oppositely disposed sides, a first end having a first pivot pin and a second end having a second pivot pin oppositely disposed with respect to and axially aligned with said first pivot pin, said first pivot pin of each louver for interfitting with a blind bore of said first side support, said second pivot pin of each louver for interfitting with a blind bore of said second side support which corresponds to and faces said blind bore occupied by said first pivot pin;a plurality of connector pins, each connector pin attached to an associated one of said first and second main surfaces of said plurality of louvers, each connector pin having a planar main extent lying flatly adjacent its associated one of said first and second main surfaces;a simultaneous actuation handle attached to said plurality of connector pins, and wherein said louvers are oriented by use of said simultaneous actuation handle to pivot within said frame to a first position wherein said principal planes of said louvers are coplanar with respect to each other and wherein said planar main extends of said plurality of connector pins are parallel to each other.