Patent ID: 7775253
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: E05B,E05C,E06B

Abstract:
1. A security shutter comprising a) at least two shutter units each having a backside, a front, a first panel with a first vertical support and an opposing side and a second panel with a second vertical support and an opposing side; b) wherein each said first panel includes a plurality of 1 c) a first piano hinge for attaching said opposing side of said first panel of each said unit to a building structure wherein said first piano hinge runs substantially the entire length of said first panel; d) a second piano hinge for associating the vertical support of said first panel of each said shutter unit with the opposing side of said second panel of each said shutter unit wherein said second piano hinge runs substantially the entire length of said first and second panels; e) means for securing said first shutter unit and said second shutter unit together comprising a bracket and a locking device; and f) said bracket comprising a first channel complementary to and partially surrounding the vertical support of said second panel in said first shutter unit, a second channel complementary to and partially surrounding the vertical support of said second panel in said second shutter unit, and a tab extending between and beyond said first and second channels to the backside of said shutter units.