Patent ID: 6779582
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
Universal hurricane shutters adapted to be permanently mounted on structures to cover different sized openings and having a stacked position and a deployed position, said shutters comprising a plural number of elongated blades capable of withstanding the pressure of high winds, adjacent blades movably connected by knuckle joints to form a continuous barrier span in said deployed position, said number of blades of said universal shutters required to fit said openings is determined by the following algorithm, OD-S=B,in which O is the measured size of said opening, D is the measured size of the deployed position and S is the measured size of the stacked position and B is the number of blades wherein the difference between said stacked position width and said deployed position width of said shutters is a distance of approximately six inches whereby said shutters have a uniform appearance in different sized openings.