Patent ID: 7603810

Claim:
A shutter having a frame, and having louvres rotatably supported in the frame, and a control bar, for controlling the louvres, and having two-component connectors connecting respective louvres to the control bar, each said connector consisting of a louvre hinge member for attachment to a respective said louvre and a control bar hinge member for attachment to the control bar and wherein said each said louvre hinge member comprises: a louvre hinge body; a louvre plug integral with the louvre hinge body for insertion into a respective said louvre a concave surface on said louvre hinge body engaging said respective louvre which prevents twisting of said louvre hinge member relative to said respective louvre; a hinge opening in said louvre hinge body along an axis normal to said louvre plug member, said hinge opening being formed with flexible flanges within said hinge opening; and wherein said control bar hinge member comprises; a control bar hinge body of rectangular shape and including an L-shaped portion of rectangular shape, extending from said control bar hinge body; a control bar plug integral with said control bar hinge body and dimensioned to engage said control bar and prevent twisting; a control bar hinge pin on said control bar hinge body, extending normal to the axis of said control bar plug, and cooperating with said hinge opening in said louvre hinge body to provide a hinging action and said flexible flanges within said hinge opening, being engageable with said hinge pin and said hinge pin being formed with a head at its free end, a shoulder adjacent said control bar hinge member and a reduced neck between the head and the shoulder to receive said flexible flanges; and wherein said control bar comprises; side walls, a convex web joining said side walls, and a mounting wall extending between said side walls and with said side walls defining a shallow recess, and wherein said rectangular shape of said control bar hinge body is dimensioned to inter fit within said side walls in said shallow recess to prevent twisting.