US2015370A

US2015370A - Combined shutter and awning

Info

Publication number: US2015370A
Application number: US756520A
Authority: US
Inventors: Terry Edwin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-12-07
Filing date: 1934-12-07
Publication date: 1935-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1952-09-24

Description

S m- 1935. E. TERRY 2,0153? COMBINED SHUTTER AND AWNING Filed Deb. 7, 1954 Patented Sept. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT or ies 3 Claims.

This invention relates tocombined storm shutters and awnings for windows.

A primary objectof the invention is to so construct such a combined shutter and awning that while it will be extremely simple and cheap to manufacture having a minimum number of parts, it will yet be equally as effective as more expensive and complicated structures of this character. Another object is to construct an article of 10 this character so that it may be opened and shut from within the house in a very few seconds and which may be opened to any degree or angle.

Another object is to construct a combined shutter and awning so that when in open position to form an awning a pivotally mounted lower portion will automatically drop to form a valance, and when the shutter is closed this valance will flatten out to form a shutter extension and be held by the body of the shutter against rattling.

Other and more specific features of the invention residing in advantageous forms and combinations of parts will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device shown applied and in the position which it assumes when used as an awning;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section with the device shown folded for use as a shutter in full lines and in open position for use as an awning in dotted lines; and

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device detached.

In the embodiment illustrated a window frame I is shown having openings 2 extending thru the lower side rails thereof and reinforced by metal sleeves to receive the operating chains of the combined awning and shutter l constituting the invention.

Extending transversely of the frame I at its upper end is a cross bar 3 having at its outer edge a depending lip 4 with a recess 5 in rear thereof. The combined shutter and awning II! has hinges H at its upper edge which are attached the combined shutter and awning to swing outwardly and inwardly, the upper edge of said device l0 being located within the recess 5 and its outer face adapted to abut the depending lip 4 to limit the outward swing of the awning, forming a stop therefor.

The combination shutter and awning is formed of a main or body section l2 with a smaller valance section 13 hinged at M to the lower. end of section I2 and which is adapted by its weight to to the top cross bar 3 of the frame I to permit swing downward into the position shown in Fig. 1 when. the device is open to form a valance for the awning. The lower edge I 2 of section or body i2. overlies the upper edge of section i3 when the device is arranged as a shutter as shown in Fig. 2 5

and said upper edge lies in a recess it of the lower cross bar of body l2 and is held thereby said over-- lapping body extension and prevented from rattling and also prevents the entrance of water anddust at this point. While I have shown and prefer to use the valance i3, it is not an essential and may be dispensed with when body portion I2 is made large enough to cover the entire opening.

These shutter members l2 and I3 are rigid and formed of any suitable material withcleats 15 or bars secured along their edges on their inner faces, the side members or cleats of the body being cut out adjacent their inner edges to form guides for a U-shaped operating member I8 the cross bar l9 of which is of a length to permit 20 the arms I! to fit between the outer walls of the recessed portion of the side rails 20, see Fig. 3. The side rails of these members l2 and [3 are designed to lie flat against the window frame I when the shutter is closed with the edges of the plate-like portions thereof overlying said frame to make a weather-tight connection between them.

Coiled springs 2| and 22 connect the upper cross bar 23 of section I 2 with the cross bar I9 of the member l8 and exert their tension to force said device into open position for use as an awning. Keepers 24 are secured to the side rails 20 of member I2 and the cross bar IQ of member I8 is mounted to slide therein to prevent undue strain on the lip or stop 4 and to also prevent rattling of the shutter.

Chains 25 are attached to the lower ends of the side rails 20 of shutter member I 2 and are threaded thru the openings 2 in the side rails of the window frame I as shown in Fig. 2 and the links thereof may be engaged with hooks 26 on the frame to hold the shutter in closed position against the tension of the springs 2| and 22.

Assuming the shutter to be in closed position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 and held by engagement of one of the links of the chain 25 with the hook 26, but when released the springs 2| and 22 which have been under tension will tend to contract and lift section l2. As this section rises the arms I! of member l8 will force the section outwardly until stopped by engagement of the cross bar I!) with the upper ends of the keepers 24, and the valance I3 will drop down as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, and changes may be made in the details disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an awning the combination of a onepiece rigid body-portion hinged by its upper end to a support, an elevating-brace pivoted at one end to the support at a point below the hinge of the body-portion and swingingly engaging the body-portion with its other end, and resilient means one end of which is connected to the upper part of the body-portion and the other end of which is connected to the swinging end of the elevating-brace the resilient means being of such a length that it is put under tension when the swinging end of the elevating-brace is lower than the pivoted end of the elevating-brace whereby the contraction of the resilient means draws the swinging end of the elevating-brace outwardly and upwardly and pushes the lower end of the body-portion outwardly.

2. In an awning the combination of a bodyportion hinged at its upper end to a support, a U-shaped elevating-brace pivoted by its ends to the support the cross-bar of the U-shaped brace swingingly engaging the lower part of the bodyportion and normally holding it spaced from the support, a resilient means connected to the upper part of the body-portion and to the crossbar of the U-shaped brace so proportioned and arranged that the resilient means shall normally hold the lower part of the body-portion in outwardly swung position and means for drawing the body-portion into a vertical position and holding it in such position.

3. In a combined awning and window-shutter the combination of an overhanging water-table to be fixed to the upper horizontal member of a window-frame, a shutter body hingedly attached under the overhanging portion of the water-table, a freely swinging valance hinged under the lower end of the shutter body, an elevating-brace pivoted to the side of the windowframe its free end swingingly engaging the pendent portion of the shutter body, resilient 20 means attached at one end near the upper part of the shutter body and at its other end to the swinging end of the elevating-brace so proportioned and arranged as to normally keep the shutter body swung away from the window and 25 means attached to the lower part of the shutter body whereby the shutter body may be swung to window closing position and held in such position.

EDWIN TERRY.