Storm shutter fastener and quick release system for emergency egress
AssigneeIntegridyne LC
InventorsEdward A. Wolf, Mark Clark
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Abstract
A storm and hurricane shutter quick release mechanism for permitting quick egress from a building that has storm shutters attached to the doors and windows to allow someone inside the building to leave the building quickly. The system includes a quick release housing mounted at the base of each shutter panel attached to the building that includes removable studs that are actuated by a cam mechanism from the inside of the building that release the attaching studs that hold the shutters in place from the quick release housing thereby releasing the shutter fasteners at the base allowing the shutters to be quickly removed by actuating the cam mechanism from inside the building.
Claims6
A storm shutter quick release system for use with storm shutters that cover window and door openings of a building comprising:
- an elongated stud quick release housing;
- a plurality of studs attachable to a shutter for holding a shutter in position over a window or door opening for protection and releasably connectable to said quick release housing;
- means for connecting said quick release housing to a building;
- means for fastening a shutter to said studs attachable to said quick release housing;
- means for attaching all of said studs to said quick release housing;
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- means for manually detaching all studs attached to said quick release housing thereby releasing said shutter from said quick release housing.
A storm shutter quick release system for use with a storm shutter that is used to cover a building opening such as a window or a door, said storm shutter including at least one rigid panel comprising:
- a quick release elongated housing including an elongated rigid bar having at least one internal longitudinal passage;
- a plurality of studs each having an elongated body for attaching a shutter to said quick release housing, a segment of each of said stud bodies mountable inside of said quick release housing;
- said quick release housing including a plurality of stud receiving channels along the front face of said quick release housing;
- a wall anchor connected to said quick release housing for mounting said quick release housing to a building wall;
- a locking member engagable with said stud bodies for locking said studs to said quick release housing in a first position, said locking member having a second position for disengaging said stud bodies within said quick release housing;
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- at least one exterior fastener removably attachable to said stud for holding a shutter panel and fastening the shutter panel to said quick release housing from the exterior of the shutter panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.