Patent ID: 7578093

Claim:
A shutter assembly having a rectangular frame, consisting of a pair of vertically opposed side rails and a pair of horizontally opposed side rails, and comprising: at least two separate sections of louvres rotatably supported in the frame, defining at least an upper section and a lower section; at least two separate tilt control bars, for controlling said at least two separate sections of louvres; links connecting respective louvres in respective sections to the respective control bar; a releasable connector device for connecting and disconnecting said tilt control bars of at least two separate sections of louvres of said shutter assembly, to allow adjustment of the tilt of the louvres in all said sections of said shutter assembly in unison when said tilt control bars are connected, and to allow adjustment of each separate section of the louvres individually, when they are disconnected; wherein said releaseable connector device further comprises an upper flexible tongue releasably interengageable with a first respective said tilt control bar: a lower flexible tongue, releasably interengageable with a second respective said tilt control bar and, a median dividing plate extending between said upper and lower tongues.