US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on Oct. 21 for "Storm shutter panel systems and method of design" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,834, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Storm shutter panel systems and method of design" was invented by Michael Wayne Kuenstle (Gainesville, Fla.), John Bernal (Vero Beach, Fla.), Carlos Rios (Gainesville, Fla.) and Margaret Sobrino Almanzar (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples of a system and method for a storm shutter system is described. In one example, the system includes at least one rail configured to be secured to a building structure and a plurality of panels. Each panel includes a first surface configured to face an exterior environment ...