Patent ID: 8191602

Claim:
A shutter slat assembly for a storm shutter comprising: a plurality of elongated horizontally extending shutter slats, each slat having a first wall and a spaced apart second wall, said first wall and said second wall having an arcuate central cross section, said first wall and said second wall interconnected by a first side and a second side which are formed as one piece with said first wall and said second wall to define a hollow interior of said slat, said first and said second sides having cooperatively configured longitudinally extending outer edges which slidably and interlockingly connect with a next adjacent said slat for limited pivotal movement between adjacent connected said slats sufficient for rolled-up storage of said storm shutter; said first wall having a first port and said second wall having a second port aligned with said first port allowing a person to obtain a view through said first port and said second port; an elongated transparent panel having a first surface a second surface, said panel having an arcuate cross section similar to that of said first wall and said second wall, said panel having enlarged shaped edge portions which are configured and spaced for dependent slidable engagement within said hollow interior of said slat between inwardly facing shaped grooves formed in said first and said second sides of said slat, said first surface being spaced apart from and facing said first wall and said second surface facing said second wall when said panel is engaged within said hollow interior of said slat in order to permit viewing and light transmission therethrough.