Patent ID: 7412799
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A security shutter system for selectively inhibiting access into a building through a window of the building, the security shutter system comprising: a securing frame couplable to the building adjacent the window, a shutter frame being pivotally coupled to said securing frame, said shutter frame being selectively pivotable over said securing frame and secured to said securing frame such that said shutter frame is positionable over the window, said shutter frame inhibiting access into the building through the window when said shutter frame is positioned over the window and secured to said securing frame, a plurality of slat members being pivotally coupled to said shutter frame, each of said slat members being selectively pivotable between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation, each of said slat members being adapted to block a portion of light passing through the window and obstruct viewing through the window when said slat members are positioned in said vertical orientation, said shutter frame is pivoted over said securing frame, and said securing frame is coupled to the building, said slat members being adapted to permit a user to view through the window when said slat members are positioned in said horizontal orientation, a hinge rod coupled to said shutter frame, said securing frame being hingably coupled to said hinge rod such that said shutter frame is pivotal with respect to said securing frame, a lock assembly coupled to said securing frame, said lock assembly selectively engaging said hinge rod when said shutter frame is positioned against said securing frame to inhibit pivoting of said shutter frame with respect to said securing frame, when said lock assembly is engaging said hinge rod, said lock assembly is selectively actuatable to disengage said hinge rod to allow said shutter frame to be pivoted with respect to said securing frame when the user needs to exit the building through the window, wherein said lock assembly comprises an anchor member and a lock member, said anchor member being coupled to said securing frame, said lock member being pivotally coupled to said anchor member, said anchor member comprising a lock aperture extending through said anchor member, said lock aperture of said anchor member being aligned with a securing aperture extending through said hinge rod when said shutter frame is positioned against said securing frame such that said lock member is selectively extendable through said lock aperture of said anchor member and said securing aperture of said hinge rod to inhibit pivoting of said shutter frame with respect to said securing frame, an actuation assembly engaging said lock member of said lock assembly, when said shutter frame is positioned against said securing frame and said lock member is disposed in said lock aperture and said securing aperture, said actuation assembly selectively slides said lock member out of said securing aperture of said hinge rod and said lock aperture of said anchor member to permit said shutter frame to be pivoted with respect to said securing frame when said actuation assembly is actuated by the user, and wherein said actuation assembly comprises a pedal member and an actuation member, said actuation member being operationally coupled to said pedal member and said lock member such that said actuation member pivots said lock member out of said lock aperture and said securing aperture when said pedal member is actuated by the user.