摘要 |
An improved shutter assembly construction includes a pair of vertically disposed side rails or stiles, a plurality of louvers or slats and an elongated member known as a tilt bar or tilt rod. The louvers are provided with a hole or aperture at each end. The side rails or stiles have a plurality of vertically-spaced notches which are configured to fixedly but yet removably receive louver/stile attachment inserts. The louver/stile attachment inserts, preferably made from plastic material, are also mounted to the louvers either by integrally constructed pins or by screws or like fasteners which engage the aperture. The louvers are pivotable relative to the louver/stile attachment inserts and are therefore pivotable relative to the side rails or stiles. The tilt bar or rod is vertically disposed and has a plurality of vertically-spaced notches each of which is configured to fixedly but yet removably receive a louver/tilt bar attachment insert. The louver/tilt bar attachment insert includes a loop which is affixed by a staple (or the like) to the edge of a respective louver or slat. Any louver can be disconnected from the tilt bar by removing the louver/tilt bar attachment insert from its respective notch in the tilt bar. The louver can also be disconnected from the side rails by removing the two louver/stile attachment inserts from their respective notches in the side rails.
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