Patent ID: 6314689
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A transparent planar storm shield comprising:at least one framed panel having predetermined transparency and predetermined resistance to storm pressure and to storm-derbis impact;a panel of the framed panel is a shatterproof plastic material having predetermined toughness and resilience;the panel has storm-pressure resistance and storm-debris-impact resistance that approximate within at least ninety percent the storm-pressure resistance and storm-debris-impact resistance of a twenty-five-inch-square sheet of a predetermined polycarbonate or an equivalent thereof having a thickness of one-eighth of an inch and being supported rigidly along four edges of the sheet;a frame of the framed panel has structural capacity proximate structural capacity to contain the panel in a position of the predetermined resistance to the storm pressure and to the storm-debris impact; andthe storm shield is a cover of a predetermined portion of a building orifice which includes a door or a window the at least one framed panel includes at least one multiple-frame panel having a plurality of panel sections; andthe panel sections are framed by a matching plurality of frames having the structural capacity to contain the panel sections in positions of the predetermined resistance to the storm pressure and to the storm-debris impact the multiple-frame panel has a length proximate ninety-six inches and a width proximate twenty-four inches;the frames include two vertical-edge supports approximately one-hundred-and-two inches long;the two vertical-edge supports are oppositely disposed on side edges of the multiple-frame panel;the frames include four horizontal supports approximately twenty-one inches long;the horizontal supports are positioned intermediate the two vertical-edge supports at approximately thirty-inch intervals; andthe multiple-frame panel has four of the panel sections that are rectangular with exposed surfaces having widths of approximately twenty-one inches and heights of approximately thirty inches intermediate the two vertical-edge supports the at least one multiple-frame panel having a plurality of panel sections includes two multiple-frame panels having pluralities of panel sections;the two multiple-frame panels have lengths proximate ninety-six inches and widths proximate twenty-four inches;the two multiple-frame panels are positioned side-by-side linearly with an overlap of a first panel of the two multiple-frame panels approximately two inches over a second panel of the two multiple-frame panels;the frames include three vertical-edge supports approximately one-hundred-and-two inches long;a first vertical-edge support of the three vertical-edge supports is positioned on the overlap of overlap sides of the two multiple-frame panels;a second vertical-edge support of the three vertical-edge supports is positioned on a non-overlap side of the first panel;a third vertical-edge support of the three vertical-edge supports is positioned on a non-overlap side of the second panel;the frames include eight horizontal supports approximately twenty-one inches long;a first four of the horizontal supports are positioned intermediate the first vertical-edge support and the second vertical-edge support at approximately thirty-inch intervals;a second four of the horizontal supports are positioned intermediate the first vertical-edge support and the third vertical-edge support at approximately thirty-inch intervals;a first multiple-frame panel of the two multiple-frame panels has three of the panel sections that are rectangular with exposed surfaces having widths of approximately twenty-one inches and heights of approximately thirty inches intermediate the first vertical-edge support and the second vertical-edge support; anda second multiple-frame panel of the two multiple-frame panels has three of the panel sections that are rectangular with exposed surfaces having widths of approximately twenty-one inches and heights of approximately thirty inches intermediate the first vertical-edge support and the third vertical-edge support.