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US 12,180,779 B2Granted
Shutter assembly
AssigneeLouver-Lite Limited
InventorAndrew Greening
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Abstract
A shutter assembly comprising a shutter door, an inner frame and an outer frame, wherein the shutter door defines an aperture and includes two or more rotatable vanes, wherein the vanes have a first orientation in which they completely obscure the aperture and a second orientation in which they partially obscure the aperture; the shutter door is hingedly coupled to the inner frame; and the inner frame is secured to the outer frame.
Claims7
A shutter assembly comprising:
- a shutter door,
- an inner frame and an outer frame, wherein the shutter door defines an aperture and includes two or more rotatable vanes, wherein the vanes have a first orientation in which they completely obscure the aperture and a second orientation in which they partially obscure the aperture;
- the shutter door is hingedly coupled to the inner frame;
- and the inner frame is secured to the outer frame;
- wherein the shutter door includes a hinge side portion which includes a first part of a hinge assembly, the inner frame includes a corresponding hinge side portion which includes a second part of the hinge assembly, the first part of the hinge assembly is wholly located within the shutter door hinge side portion, and the second part of the hinge assembly is wholly located within the inner frame hinge side portion;
- wherein the hinge side portion of the shutter door includes an inner wall and an outer wall;
- wherein the outer wall is angled with respect to the inner wall;
- wherein the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall is from 10° to 60°;
- wherein the hinge side portion of the inner frame includes an outer wall and an inner wall;
- wherein the inner wall is angled with respect to the outer wall;
- and
- wherein the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall of the inner frame hinge side portion is substantially the same as the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall of the shutter door hinge side portion.
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A window including comprising:
- a window frame;
- a glazing element;
- and
- a shutter assembly,
- wherein the shutter assembly comprises a shutter door, an inner frame and an outer frame,
- wherein the shutter door defines an aperture and includes two or more rotatable vanes,
- wherein the vanes have a first orientation in which they completely obscure the aperture and a second orientation in which they partially obscure the aperture;
- the shutter door is hingedly coupled to the inner frame;
- and the inner frame is secured to the outer frame;
- wherein the outer frame of the shutter assembly is secured to the window frame;
- wherein the shutter door includes a hinge side portion which includes a first part of a hinge assembly, the inner frame includes a corresponding hinge side portion which includes a second part of the hinge assembly, the first part of the hinge assembly is wholly located within the shutter door hinge side portion, and the second part of the hinge assembly is wholly located within the inner frame hinge side portion;
- wherein the hinge side portion of the shutter door includes an inner wall and an outer wall;
- wherein the outer wall is angled with respect to the inner wall;
- wherein the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall is from 10° to 60°;
- wherein the hinge side portion of the inner frame includes an outer wall and an inner wall;
- wherein the inner wall is angled with respect to the outer wall;
- and
- wherein the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall of the inner frame hinge side portion is substantially the same as the angle subtended between the inner wall and the outer wall of the shutter door hinge side portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.