Patent ID: 6418665
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A shutter louver control bar construction which is made from a resilient plastic material, said control bar construction including an elongated bar member having a plurality of louver attachment members spaced from one another lengthwise along said bar member, each said attachment member, which normally assumes a louver attachment position and which is moveable to a louver insertion position, comprising a leg having a base leg part extending from said bar member, an outer leg part extending from and aligned with said base leg part and a head portion attached to said outer leg part, said head portion being transverse to both said outer leg part and said base leg part when said attachment member is in the louver attachment position, said leg having an inwardly directed shoulder which reduces material thickness of said leg between said base leg part and said outer leg part making said outer leg part more flexible than and bendable relative to said base leg part, said outer leg part being widened where said head portion is attached to said outer leg part such that said leg bends at said outer leg part and said head portion remains transverse to said outer leg part when said attachment member is moved to the louver insertion position, said plastic material having sufficient memory to cause said outer leg part to bend back and realign with said base leg part in moving said attachment member away from the louver insertion position back to the louver attachment position.