Patent ID: 6397540
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A modular shutter assembly comprising:a pair of laterally spaced side rails; a pair of end rails, a first of said end rails affixed to a first end of said laterally spaced side rails, and a second of said end rails affixed to a second end of said side rails, said end rails and said side rails in combination substantially forming a rectilinear periphery of said assembly; a panel affixed within said rectilinear periphery, said panel further defining a cutout intermediate between ends of said panel; and a center section received in said cutout, said center section includes a planar base portion and panel end sections extending from said planar base portion to an adjacent edge of said cutout, creating the visual effect of two central raised panel portions having a recessed periphery and vertically separated by a cross bar.