Patent Application
20240011599
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The disclosure relates to shutter devices and more particularly pertains to a new shutter device for removably attaching a shutter to an exterior wall of a building. The device includes a first bracket and a second bracket that are each attachable to the exterior wall. The first bracket has a pair of wells and the second bracket has a pair of first pins. The device includes a shutter which has a pair of recesses and a pair of second pins that are movably attached to the shutter. Each of the second pins engages a respective well in the first bracket and each of the first pins engages a respective recess in the shutter for removably attaching the shutter between the first bracket and the second bracket.
The prior art relates to shutter devices including a window shutter that includes a mounting bracket attached to a wall and a locking member that is removably attachable to the mounting bracket. The prior art discloses an ornamental shutter which is attachable to a wall with fasteners. The prior art discloses a decorative shutter device that includes a shutter and a fastener which engages the shutter and pre-formed hole in a wall for attaching the shutter to the wall. The prior art discloses a shutter which can be cut to a desired length and a pair of end caps that are attachable to either end of the shutter. The prior art discloses a decorative shutter cover that is attachable to an existing shutter and an attachment member which engages a top end of the existing shutter.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of brackets that is each attachable to an exterior wall of a building. Each of the brackets is positionable adjacent to a window in the exterior wall. Each of the brackets has a first panel that is perpendicularly oriented with a second panel. A shutter is positionable between the pair of brackets. The shutter has a pair of attachments movably integrated into the shutter. Each of the attachments is biased into an engaging condition to releasably engage a respective one of the brackets thereby facilitating the shutter to be quickly coupled to the pair of brackets. Each of the attachments is urgeable into a releasing condition to disengage the respective bracket thereby facilitating the shutter to be quickly removed from the pair of brackets.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The pair of brackets 12 includes a first bracket 30 and a second bracket 32. The first panel 20 of the first bracket 30 has a pair of wells 34 that is each recessed into the first surface 26 of the first panel 20 of the first bracket 30. The wells 34 are spaced apart from each other and are aligned with a respective one of the slots 24 in the second panel 22 of the first bracket 30. The first panel 20 of the second bracket 32 has a pair of first pins 36 each coupled to and extending away from the first surface 26 of the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32. The first pins 36 are spaced apart from each other and are aligned with a respective one of the slots 24 in the second panel 22 of the second bracket 32. The second panel 22 of the first bracket 30 is mounted to the exterior wall 14 such that the second panel 22 of the first bracket 30 extends downwardly from the second panel 22 of the first bracket 30. The second panel 22 of the second bracket 32 is mounted to the exterior wall 14 such that the second panel 22 of the second bracket 32 extends upwardly from the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32.
A shutter 38 is provided and the shutter 38 is positionable between the pair of brackets 12. The shutter 38 has a pair of attachments 40 that are movably integrated into the shutter 38. Each of the attachments 40 is biased into an engaging condition to releasably engage a respective one of the brackets 12 thereby facilitating the shutter 38 to be quickly coupled to the pair of brackets 12. Conversely, each of the attachments 40 is urgeable into a releasing condition to disengage the respective bracket 12 thereby facilitating the shutter 38 to be quickly removed from the pair of brackets 12.
The shutter 38 has a top edge 42 and a bottom edge 44, and the shutter 38 has a pair of second pins 46 each movably disposed on the top edge 42 such that the pair of second pins 46 defines the attachments 40. Each of the second pins 46 is biased to extend away from the top edge 42 and each of the second pins 46 is compressible toward the top edge 42. Each of the second pins 46 may be spring loaded to bias the second pins 46 upwardly from the top edge 42. The bottom edge 44 has a pair of recesses 48 each extending toward the top edge 42 and the recesses 48 are spaced apart from each other. Each of the recesses 48 insertably receives a respective one of the first pins 36 on the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32.
The shutter 38 is urgeable upwardly when the second pins 46 are inserted into the wells 34 in the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32 thereby facilitating the bottom edge 44 of the shutter 38 to be positioned above the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32. The shutter 38 is subsequently releasable when the bottom edge 44 is positioned above the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32 thereby facilitating each of the recesses 48 in the bottom edge 44 of the shutter 38 to insertably receive a respective one of the first pins 36. In this way the shutter 38 is retained between the first bracket 30 and the second bracket 32.
In use, the shutter 38 is positioned at an angle to facilitate the second pins 46 to extend into the respective wells 34 in the first panel 20 of the first bracket 30. The shutter 38 is urged upwardly to compress the second pins 46 toward the top edge 42 of the shutter 38 and the bottom edge 44 of the shutter 38 is positioned above the first panel 20 of the second bracket 32. The shutter 38 is lowered until each of the first pins 36 extends into the respective recess 48 in the bottom edge 44 of the shutter 38. In this way the shutter 38 is retained between the first bracket 30 and the second bracket 32. The shutter 38 is lifted upwardly to facilitate the first pins 36 to be removed from the recesses 48 and the shutter 38 is then lowered away from the first bracket 30. In this way the shutter 38 is removed from between the first bracket 30 and the second bracket 32.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
