Patent ID: 7222456

Claim:
An impact resistant shutter assembly, capable of resisting an impact test consisting of subjecting said assembly mounted on a structure having external openings containing glass, where the test requires plural impacts of a large missile impacting said assembly without having said assembly contact said glass, said missile comprising a 2×4 in. timber weighing 9 lb. at a speed of 50 ft/sec., said assembly comprising: a) a generally rigid, metal fine comprising a pair of vertically oriented channel side members, a top channel member, and a bottom channel member, where said members are secured together into a rectangular shape having four corners; b) each said side channel member defined in part by spaced apart first and second parallel walls and featuring said first parallel wall having a plurality of spaced apart, angled through slots angled to said vertical orientation; c) a like plurality of metal slat blades extending between and through said slots into said channel side members in contact with said second parallel wall, where said slat blades within said channel side members include aligned apertures; and, d) a pair of metal rods, within each respective channel side member, extending vertically through said aligned apertures within said channel side members.