Sliding panel 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.
Claims16
A shutter closure for an opening in a building comprising:
- a pair of substantially identical stationary panels, each defined by a plurality of cross rails forming a substantially uniform array of openings throughout a major area thereof, said panels disposed in spaced opposed relation, said stationary panels each having a front and a back, said front defined by a plurality of alternate vertically extending rails and slots, and said back is defined by a plurality of alternate horizontally extending rails and slots, said openings are formed by intersection of said slots;
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- a first moveable panel formed of a planar panel having a corresponding uniform array of openings disposed between and moveable transversely relative to said stationary panels for alternately covering and uncovering said openings in said stationary panel, said moveable panel having a front and a back and a plurality of horizontally arranged blocks extending forwardly into said horizontally extending slots and moveable to positions for blocking said openings in said stationary panels.
A shutter closure according to claim wherein:
- said first moveable panel comprises a pair of spaced apart opposed panels having an array of openings corresponding in size and spacing to the array of openings in said stationary panels, and an array of blocks corresponding in size and spacing to the array of openings in said stationary panels so that said first moveable panel is moveable to selective positions of alignment of said array of openings and of said blocks with said array of openings in said stationary panels.
A shutter closure for covering an opening in a building comprising:
- a stationary panel assembly comprising a first 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 at an intersection of said vertically extending slots and said horizontally extending slots throughout a major area thereof, and a second stationary panel being a substantially mirror image of said first panel disposed in spaced opposed relation to said first panel;
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- a moveable panel assembly comprising a first moveable panel disposed between said first and second stationary panels and having an array of openings corresponding to said array of openings in said stationary panel and a corresponding array of blocks disposed between said openings and extending from opposite faces of said moveable panel assembly into said horizontally extending slots, and said moveable panel assembly moveable transversely relative to said stationary panel for alternately covering and uncovering said openings in said first stationary panel.
A shutter closure assembly for covering an opening in a building comprising:
- a stationary panel assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical stationary panels disposed in spaced opposed relation, each defined by a plurality of cross rails forming a substantially uniform array of openings throughout a major area thereof;
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- a moveable panel assembly comprising a pair of spaced apart opposed moveable panels having an array of openings corresponding in size and spacing to the array of openings in said stationary panels, and an array of blocks corresponding in size and spacing to the array of openings in said stationary panels so that said pair of moveable panels are moveable to selective positions of alignment of said array of openings and of said blocks with said array of openings in said stationary panel, a transparent independently moveable panel disposed between said pair of opposed moveable panels and having an array of openings corresponding in size and spacing to the array of openings in said first moveable panel for selective alignment therewith for providing alternate air and light openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.