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US 5,852,903 AGranted
Hurricane protection assembly for windows or doors
OwnerIsaac Astrizkyinventor
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Abstract
A hurricane shutter for a building opening closure having a window or door frame recessed from the outer face of the building a predetermined depth-wise distance, the shutter being composed of a pair of normally open doors swingable to a closed position with the doors normally flush with the outer face of the building and spanning the opening and a grid-like structure in the recess between the doors, when closed, and the recessed window or door frame to which the doors are releasably locked.
Claims19
A protection assembly for a window unit or door unit mounted within a recess opening of a building, said protection assembly comprising:
- (a) a pair of doors movably attached to an outer surface of the building and selectively movable between an opened position and a closed position,
- (b) a grid-like structure attached to the building within the opening and in inwardly spaced relation to the outer surface thereof,
- (c) said grid-like structure including a plurality of elongated stop members including at least a top stop member and a bottom stop member each horizontally oriented in spaced relation to one another and in spanning relation across the opening,
- (d) each of said top and bottom stop members comprising two integrally connected flanges disposed in substantially perpendicular relation to one another and extending continuously along the length of each of said stop members,
- (e) a lock assembly mounted on at least one of said doors and including at least one lock device having a lock element disposable behind an outermost one of said flanges of one of said top and bottom stop members when said doors are in said closed position,
- (f) said closed position defined by said doors being co-planar and disposed in abutting engagement with said top and bottom stop member and in overlying, covering relation to the unit, and
- (g) said open position defined by spaced, substantially co-planar relation of said pair of doors, each door disposed on an opposite side of the opening.
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A protection assembly for a window unit or door unit mounted within a recess opening of a building, said protection assembly comprising:
- (a) a pair of doors each including an inner surface and an outer surface and being swingably attached to an outer surface of the building on opposite sides of the opening and selectively moveable between an opened position and a closed position,
- (b) a grid-like structure fixedly attached to the building within the opening and in inwardly spaced relation to the outer surface thereof,
- (c) said grid-like structure including a top stop member, a bottom stop member and an intermediate stop member disposed in spaced relation to one another and each having an elongated configuration and being horizontally oriented in spanning relation across the opening,
- (d) each of said top and bottom stop members comprising two integrally connected flanges disposed in substantially perpendicular relation to one another and extending continuously along a length of each of said stop members,
- (e) a lock assembly mounted on at least one of said doors and including at least two lock devices each having a lock element disposable behind an outermost one of said flanges of a different one of said top and bottom stop members when said doors are in said closed position,
- (f) an elongated cover plate fixedly secured to an outer surface of one of said doors along a length of one peripheral edge thereof, said cover plate dimensioned and configured to extend laterally outward from said one peripheral edge in overlying relation to a corresponding, adjacently positioned periperal edge of the other of said doors, when said pair of doors are in said closed position,
- (g) said closed position defined by said doors being co-planar and collectively disposed in overlying, covering relation to the unit and each door having said inner surface concurrently disposed in abutting engagement with said intermediate stop member and said outermost flanges of said top and bottom stop members, and
- (h) said opened positioned of said pair of doors defined by spaced, co-planar relation of said pair of doors, each door disposed on an opposite side of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.