Patent ID: 6722415
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A shutter panel having hinge mechanisms and adjoining slats, said adjoining slats having two respective longer sides, said slats being made of synthetic resin and being connected by hinge mechanisms to be freely bendable, each said hinge mechanism including a first hinge tube member and a second hinge tube member, said first and second hinge tube members being arranged in a coaxial manner with the first hinge tube member partially concentrically surrounding the second hinge tube member so that the hinge tube members are freely rotatable with respect to one another,wherein each hinge tube member has a connecting groove that is opened outwardly and that is formed integrally therewith, and wherein one of the longer sides of each adjoining slat is fitted and coupled into and engaged respectively with said connecting groove in one of said first hinge tube members, and the other of the longer sides is fitted and coupled into and engaged respectively with said connecting groove in one of said second hinge tube members.