Patent ID: 9683402
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: E04F,E06B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A self-locking glazing system, comprising: a female profile having a first locking extension that includes a first engagement tip, and a first vertically extending leg extending from the first locking extension, the first vertically extending leg having a first vertical tip, the female profile including a base structure having an upper surface and a lower surface, such that a gap is formed between the upper surface and the first locking extension; a male profile having a second locking extension that includes a second engagement tip, the second locking extension extending into the gap, and a second vertically extending leg extending from the second locking extension, the second vertically extending leg having a second vertical tip that is approximately opposite the first vertical tip; and a thermal break material positioned between the female and male profiles, the thermal break material attached to the second locking extension of the male profile on a first surface and on a second surface that is opposite the first surface; wherein a fulcrum is formed in the male profile where the second locking extension extends from the second vertically extending leg, and the fulcrum engages the female profile at a first contact location of the first surface with the upper surface of the base structure, and the thermal break material is positioned at the first contact location; wherein the first locking extension and the second locking extension engage at a second contact location between the first locking extension and the second locking extension where the thermal break material is positioned; and a panel positioned between the first and second vertical tips, the female profile and the male profile engaged against the thermal break material at the first contact location and against the thermal break material at the second contact location.