Patent ID: 8082706

Claim:
An apparatus to protect a building opening, the apparatus comprising: a strap comprising: a flexible material with two parallel sides, a top end connecting the parallel sides, a bottom end connecting the parallel sides, and a thickness between 1/64″ and ½″; and a plurality of circular openings which are centered between the two parallel sides of the material and equidistant from each other; a plurality of bolts mounted in the circular openings, the bolts consisting of a cylindrical bolt shaft connected to a bolt head, the bolt heads held approximately 1/16 of an inch from the material, and the bolt shaft diameters being slightly larger than the circular openings so that the bolts are held in place; an F track secured to each of opposing sides of the building opening, the bolt heads are positioned within the strap, equidistant, and mounted in the slot of one of the F track; a storm panel with equidistant mounting holes which is mounted onto the bolts at the mounting holes; and a plurality of fasteners threaded onto the bolts, securing the storm panel and the strap to the F track.