Patent ID: 7846535

Claim:
A panel assembly for mounting about a perimeter surface of an opening so as to protect the opening from wind and impact loads, the panel comprising: a corrugated polymeric sheet panel comprising a top, a bottom, and sides therebetween, wherein the corrugated polymeric sheet panel comprises an interior portion having corrugations, wherein the corrugations are vertically extending from the top to the bottom and wherein the corrugations have a defined and constant interior portion pitch from the top to the bottom and wherein a side of the corrugated polymeric sheet panel comprises corrugations, wherein the corrugations are vertically extending from the top to the bottom and wherein the corrugations have a defined and constant side pitch from the top to the bottom; wherein the side pitch is less than the interior portion pitch; and a corrugated contiguous band horizontally extending at about an end of the top and the bottom, wherein the corrugated contiguous band is complementary and contiguous to the plurality of corrugations of the corrugated sheet panel.