Shutter assembly
OwnerDaniel B. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A shutter closure assembly for covering an opening in a building or the like comprises a stationary panel having a front face defined by a plurality of alternate vertical rails and slots, and a back face defined by a plurality of alternate horizontally extending rails and slots forming a substantially uniform array of openings throughout a major area thereof, and a moveable panel having a front face defined by a complementary plurality of horizontal rails formed by a plurality of horizontal slots, and a back face defined by a plurality of vertical rails formed by a plurality of vertical slots forming a corresponding array of openings and moveable relative to the stationary panel for alternately covering and uncovering the openings in the stationary panel.
Claims6
A shutter closure for an opening in a building comprising:
- a stationary panel defined by a plurality of cross rails forming a substantially uniform array of openings throughout a major area thereof;
- a movable panel formed of a complementary plurality of cross rails forming a corresponding array of openings and movable relative to said first panel for alternately covering and uncovering said openings in said first panel;
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- said stationary panel and said movable panel are each made from a unitary structure, and said rails are defined by spaced vertical slots on a front face and horizontal slots on a back face, said vertical slots are at an angle other than ninety degrees to the horizontal, and said openings are defined by intersection of said vertical slots with said horizontal slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.