Patent ID: 8973305
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A shutter panel connected to a jamb structure defining the sides of a window opening, said shutter panel comprising: a top piece, a bottom piece and two side pieces connected to one another to define a space, each of said top, bottom and side pieces having a mitered angular end surface at each end thereof; a plurality of rotatable louvers disposed in said space, said louvers being rotatable between a closed position in which adjacent louvers overlap, and an open position in which spaces are provided between adjacent louvers; said louvers being pivotally connected directly to said two side pieces by individual pins at each end of each louver, each said pin directly connected at one end to a louver and at an opposite end to one of said two side pieces; said top, bottom and side pieces connected at mitered joints without exposed end grain; and at least two two-part hinges each have a first component directly connected to a same one of said two side pieces of said shutter panel and a second component directly connected to an inside surface of the jamb structure defining the sides of the window opening.