Patent ID: 9145730
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A security shutter assembly for window and door openings comprising: at least one shutter rollably attached to a guide rail; said guide rail is adapted to be secured to a wall surface; said guide rail is adapted to be positioned above a door or window opening such that the at least one shutter is able to roll along the guide rail in order to either cover or expose said door or window opening; wherein a securing bracket is selectively employed in order to fasten the at least one shutter in adaptive arrangement with said wall surface; said securing bracket is adaptively fastened to said wall surface below said door or window opening; wherein the guide rail has a guide rail length that is greater than an opening length of said door or window opening; wherein the guide rail is further defined with a generally square cross-section having a slot provided on a bottom guide rail surface; wherein the slot enables a roller wheel assembly to slide along an inner guide rail surface; wherein the roller wheel assembly includes at least one wheel that rolls along the inner guide rail surface; wherein the guide rail includes at least one guide rail mounting bracket that includes at least one guide mounting hole used to secure the guide rail mounting bracket to the wall surface via at least one fastener; wherein the roller wheel assembly includes a roller assembly bolt that extends downwardly through the slot; wherein the roller assembly bolt is secured to a roller assembly bracket that is affixed to the at least one shutter; wherein the roller assembly bracket is an inverted “U” shaped bracket that secures itself onto the at least one shutter via the at least one fastener; wherein when the shutter is not covering the door or window opening, the securing bracket is fastened such that the securing bracket is in direct contact with the wall surface, and when the shutter is secured in a position covering the door or window opening, the securing bracket is positioned away from the wall surface such that the securing bracket is not in direct contact with the wall surface and the shutter is fastened between the wall surface and the securing bracket.