Patent ID: 8002111

Claim:
A kit for making a shutter comprising: a header having a first end and a second end; a footer having a first end and a second end; a plurality of brackets, each bracket sized and configured to be connected to an end of the header or footer; a first stile and a second stile, each stile having a longitudinal channel that is sized and configured to receive at least a portion of at least one bracket of the plurality of brackets; a plurality of louvers, each louver of the plurality of louvers sized and configured to be connected to and between the first stile and the second stile; and a jig having a body configured to have a mouth sized to receive one end of the header or one end of the footer as selected by a user, the body also having a cavity defined by a plurality of sidewall portions of the body, the cavity being adjacent the mouth the jig used to align the header or footer and bracket during assembly such that a user of the jig can place one end of one of the brackets in the cavity and one end of the header or footer in the mouth and connect the bracket to the header or footer that is in the mouth while the bracket and header or footer are in the jig without connecting the jig to the header, the footer, or any of the plurality of brackets such that the jig does not become part of an assembled shutter; and wherein the jig separate from the shutter and is not a component of the shutter after assembly.