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US 2010/0043346 A1Published application
Shutter fastener system and method of installation
AssigneeNorse Corporation
InventorAlfred C. Lancer
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AssigneeNorse Corporation
InventorAlfred C. Lancer
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A shutter and fastener system comprising a shutter and two or more fastener mechanisms each comprising cooperating latching and anchor devices, one device mounted on an edge portion of the shutter and the other on an adjacent trim portion. The latching device engages the anchor device and exerts a strong pulling force substantially parallel with the surface of the shutter. The anchor device converts a portion of this force to a perpendicular force resulting in firm engagement between the shutter and the trim portion. An installation method comprises the steps of proving a shutter with a t least one latching device mounted thereon and a small opening in the shutter aligned with operating means for the device. An anchor device is provided on an adjacent trim portion and the operating means is actuated from inside the shutter though the small opening to secure the shutter in place. A hanger means for the shutter may also be provided and the need for a ladder in an elevated installation is obviated by passing the shutter outwardly through an opening and thereafter actuating one or more latching devices from within the structure.
A shutter and fastener system for use in areas subject to hurricanes and the like;
A fastener mechanism for use on hurricane shutters and the like comprising cooperating latching and anchor devices adapted to be mounted one on an edge portion of a shutter and the other on an adjacent trim portion, neither device projecting beyond the adjacent shutter edge in its unlatched condition, the latching device exerting a strong latching force substantially parallel to the face of the shutter on engagement with the anchor device, and a means on one of said devices converting at least a portion of said latching force to a resultant force perpendicular thereto for urging a shutter tightly against its adjacent trim portion.
A hurricane shutter installation method comprising the steps of providing a shutter with at least one latching device mounted thereon near an edge so as to project beyond the edge in a latching operation, the latching device having a rearwardly exposed operating means and the shutter having a small opening aligned with the operating means, providing an anchor device on an adjacent trim portion for co-operation with the latching device, positioning the shutter over a window or the like to be protected, and accessing said operating means from the inside of the shutter through said aligned opening and actuating the same to cause the latching device to engage the anchor device and thus secure the shutter in place.
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