Patent ID: 7370682
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A rolling shutter assembly comprising a shutter, wherein: a pair of guide tracks, wherein: wherein each pair of first and second hinge members pivotally connecting adjacent shutter panels in said series is configured to open when an upwardly directed force is applied to the upper edge of the upper one of said pair of hinge members while a downwardly directed force is applied to the lower edge of the lower one of said pair of hinge members and, when thus opened, to be dimensioned to be freely slidable up or down between each pair of parallel side walls of the guide tracks, and said pair of first and second hinge members is configured to close when a downwardly directed force is applied to the upper edge of the upper one of said pair of hinge members while an upwardly directed force is applied to the lower edge of the lower one of said pair of hinge members and, when thus forced toward a closed configuration, is dimensioned to jam between each pair of parallel side walls of the guide tracks.