Granted Patent B2

US 8,973,305 · App. 12/396,781 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

Claims (10)

1. A shutter panel connected to a jamb structure defining the sides of a window opening, said shutter panel comprising:

a top piece, a bottom piece and two side pieces connected to one another to define a space, each of said top, bottom and side pieces having a mitered angular end surface at each end thereof;

a plurality of rotatable louvers disposed in said space, said louvers being rotatable between a closed position in which adjacent louvers overlap, and an open position in which spaces are provided between adjacent louvers;

said louvers being pivotally connected directly to said two side pieces by individual pins at each end of each louver, each said pin directly connected at one end to a louver and at an opposite end to one of said two side pieces;

said top, bottom and side pieces connected at mitered joints without exposed end grain; and

at least two two-part hinges each have a first component directly connected to a same one of said two side pieces of said shutter panel and a second component directly connected to an inside surface of the jamb structure defining the sides of the window opening.

2. The shutter panel of claim 1 , said top piece and said bottom piece each having a light block extension overlapped by louvers adjacent thereto in said closed position.

3. The shutter panel of claim 1 , said mitered joints including mortise and tenon joints.

4. The shutter panel of claim 1 , including a divider rail between separate groups of horizontal louvers.

5. The shutter panel of claim 4 , said divider rail including light block extensions on opposite edges thereof, and louvers adjacent said divider rail overlapping side light block extensions when in said closed position.

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