Patent ID: 8205384

Claim:
A shutter for covering an architectural opening, comprising: a plurality of frame blocks forming a shutter frame, each of said frame blocks having front and rear faces; a top surface; an outer surface; a vertical inner surface, and a horizontal bottom surface; wherein the plurality of frame blocks includes a first block and a next lower second block, and wherein the bottom surface of the first block rests on the top surface of the next lower second block and extends inwardly beyond the vertical inner surface of the next lower second block to define a cantilevered portion of the first block; and a light stop projection extending downwardly from said cantilevered portion of said first block and recessed from at least one of the front and rear faces of the first block; and a plurality of elongated louvers, each having first and second ends defining a length of said louver from the first end to the second end, and having elongated first and second edges extending along said length, said louvers being arranged parallel to each other and one above the other, with at least one of the ends of each of said louvers being pivotably mounted on a respective one of said frame blocks, wherein said plurality of elongated louvers includes at least one louver mounted on said next lower second block and an adjacent mounted on said first block and positioned louver above said at least one louver, wherein said at least one louver and said adjacent louver are each pivotable between a completely closed first edge up position an open position and a completely closed second edge up position, wherein, in both the completely closed first edge up and completely closed second edge up positions, the edge of said at least one louver which is up vertically overlaps the adjacent louver above said at least one louver for a portion of the length of said at least one louver and overlaps the light stop projection of the first block for another portion of the length of said at least one louver.