Patent ID: 7921602

Claim:
A shutter assembly comprising: a stile defining a longitudinal axis and including a cover and an inner core, the inner core including an axial groove extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stile, wherein said axial groove has a width and a length, said length being greater than said width; a louver rotatably coupled to the stile, the louver having a louver body and a louver end cap, the louver end cap comprising an outer planar surface extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said louver body, the louver body defining a louver end surface extending in a plane which is generally co-planer with said louver end cap outer planar surface, wherein the louver end cap has a slotted compressible louver pin extending therefrom, said louver pin being received in the axial groove of the inner core of the stile, wherein at least distal ends of a pair of arms of the louver pin remain compressed by sidewalls of the axial groove to provide friction between the pair of arms and the axial groove to hold the louver in place relative to said stile.