c shaped female connector 42 while the opposite and parallel lateral edge includes flange 46 which is used with spring clip fasteners or wedges to prevent lateral movement of the shutter the flange 46 protrudes from the lateral edge at approximately 45 u00b0 angle with respect to its segment 18 in an alternative embodiment shown in fig4 the male connectors 22 39 32 39 and 36 39 on panel segments 20 39 and 30 39 respectively comprise a solid cylindrical rod of smaller radius than the inner radius of female c shape connectors 12 16 and 42 the cylindrical connectors 22 39 32 39 and 36 39 interlock and fit inside with the female c shaped connectors to connect adjacent panel segments a storm shutter for a particular window or door can be individually created by selectively using a combination of two or more of the panel segments shown in fig1 and 4 varied to provide a specific width for the window or door each panel segment is made in one or more standard lengths the panel segments are connected by joining the larger c shaped female connectors such as 12 16 or 42 with the smaller radius male connectors 22 32 or 36 which are manually moved longitudinally into the female connectors to join together adjacent panel segments two panel segments are joined side by side in a rigid fashion and do not pivot due to the small openings of each fastener 12a 16a and 42a which are just large enough to receive the thickness of the adjacent panel wall segment near connector 12 16 or 42 this ensures rigidity across the width of the storm shutter.