Patent ID: 7891146

Claim:
A storm panel mounting system for mounting storm panels over window and door openings, comprising: an exterior opening to a building the exterior rectangular opening having frame edges, the exterior rectangular opening being selected from at least one of a door opening with a door covering the door opening, and a window opening with a window covering the window opening; a rectangular shutter panel being sized to substantially cover a portion of the exterior rectangular opening, the rectangular shutter panel having an elongated left side edge and an elongated right side edge; a first elongated mounting track having an H cross-sectional shape between opposing left and right ends, the first elongated mounting track having a upper facing U shaped channel along one elongated side and an opposite lower facing U shaped channel along an another elongated side that is directly opposite to the one elongated side, each of the opposing left and right ends of the first elongated mounting track having outwardly protruding tabs, with each of the tabs having a through-hole; a first left fastener for fastening the left tab of the first elongated mounting track into a portion of the frame edge above a left corner of the rectangular building opening; a first right fastener for fastening the right tab of the first elongated mounting track into a portion of the frame edge above a right corner of the rectangular building opening; a second elongated mounting track having an H cross-sectional shape between opposing left and right ends, the second elongated mounting track having a upper facing U shaped channel along one elongated side and an opposite lower facing U shaped channel along an another elongated side that is directly opposite to the one elongated side, each of the opposing left and right ends of the second elongated mounting track having outwardly protruding left and right tabs, with the left tab and the right tab having a through-hole; a second left fastener for fastening the left tab of the second elongated mounting track into a portion of the frame edge below the left corner of the rectangular building opening; a second right fastener for fastening the right tab of the second elongated mounting track into a portion of the frame edge below the right corner of the rectangular building opening, so that the rectangular shutter panel is held in place over the portion of the exterior building opening by the first elongated mounting track and the second elongated mounting track, wherein the elongated top side edge of the rectangular shutter panel fits into the lower facing U shaped channel of the first elongated mounting track, and the elongated bottom side edge of the rectangular shutter panel fits into the upper facing U shaped channel of the second elongated mounting track; and two L shaped flanges for being attached to the tabs by the left and right fasteners for preventing the shutter panel from sliding sideways out from the upper and lower facing U shaped channels.