Patent ID: 6021837
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A rolling shutter assembly, comprising:a shutter support member;a shutter coupled to said shutter support member, said shutter comprising a plurality of individual slats and a plurality of hinges interconnecting said slats, each of said slats having a pair of end portions and one of said slats having an engagement member extending outwardly from one of said end portions;a pair of shutter tracks, each of said tracks having a U-shaped channel,said shutter and said shutter support member being adapted to roll said shutter from an unrolled position in which said end portions of said slats are disposed in said U-shaped channels to a rolled position in which said shutter is rolled up on said shutter support member, and wherein said engagement member is disposed within said U-shaped channel associated with said one of said end portions; anda stop member disposed in said U-shaped channel associated with said engagement member and proximate said shutter support member;said stop member being adapted to engage said engagement member to prevent said one of said slats from rolling onto said shutter support member when said shutter is rolled from said unrolled position to said rolled position.