This invention relates to shutters and more particularly to a shutter with slat guides that is attractive.
Examples of the most-closely related known but different devices are described in the following patent documents:
Objects of patentable novelty and utility taught by this invention are to provide a shutter with slat guides which:
This invention accomplishes these and other objectives with a shutter having slat guides and a framework encompassing slatted-louver apertures for covering welds and housing the shutter slats at a 45 degree angle. The framework includes structural beams to which ends of slanted slats are attached rigidly.
This invention is described by appended claims in relation to description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the following drawings which are explained briefly as follows:
Listed numerically below with reference to the drawings are terms used to describe features of this invention. These terms and numbers assigned to them designate the same features throughout this description.
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The face walls 2 and the edge walls 3 are preferably about one-eighth inch thick and made preferably of structural aluminum alloy or a substantial equivalent.
The substantial equivalent can be a ferrous alloy that is preferably aluminum and rustproof with either an adequate coating or content of nickel, chrome, aluminum or other stainless constituent.
The shutter framework 1 encompasses slatted-louver apertures 18 having slanted slats 5 with slat ends affixed to the shutter framework 1. The slanted slats 5 have outward edges 12 and inward edges 16 that are oriented horizontally and attached to the right slat-support guide 6, the left slat-support guide 7, and the slat-support cover 9. The slat-support guides 6 and 7 are oriented vertically with ends attached to the shutter spacer 4. Both the outward edges of the slats 12 and the inward edges of the slats 16 are orthogonal to the slat-support guides 6 and 7. The slats 5 feed into the slots 17 located on the side walls of the slat-support guide 13.
The slatted-louver apertures 18 includes an entire slatted enclosure of a plurality of apertures between the slanted slats 5 and the shutter framework 1. The plurality of apertures individually are slanted with preferably about one-half inch of distance of slant orthogonally between surfaces of the slanted slats 5. The slanted slats 5 are preferably flat aluminum bar stock about one-quarter inch thick and one inch wide. Between bottoms and tops of adjacent slanted slats 5, there are horizontal apertures, preferably about one-eighth inch high and having a length that is a length of the slanted slats 5, less a width of the slat-support guides 6 and 7. The slat-support guides 6 and 7 have a side wall 13, a front wall 14, and a back slat-support cover 9. The slat-support guides 6 and 7 are attached to the bottom of the shutter spacer 4 and are preferably welded periodically to the sides of the shutter framework 1. The slat-support guides 6 and 7 and the mullion slat support cover 10 have the appearance of a rectangular mullion so as to give a more aesthetic appearance.
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A new and useful shutter with slat guides having been described, all such foreseeable modifications, adaptations, substitutions of equivalents, mathematical possibilities of combinations of parts, pluralities of parts, applications and forms thereof as described by the following claims and not precluded by prior art are included in this invention.
This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 10/647,673 filed on Aug. 25, 2003, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/966,622 filed Oct. 1, 2001, now abandoned.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 09966622 | Oct 2001 | US |
Child | 10647673 | Aug 2003 | US |
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Parent | 10647673 | Aug 2003 | US |
Child | 11253471 | Oct 2005 | US |