Patent ID: 8028479
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A self-supported, frameless glazing panel, comprising: a pair of transparent or translucent glass lites spaced apart from one another to define a gap therebetween; a rigid structural spacer located in the gap and attached to said lites, said rigid structural spacer extending around at least a portion of the periphery of said glass lites to form a glazing panel; an exposed surface on the rigid structural spacer; and an interlocking profile on the exposed surface of the rigid structural spacer, the interlocking profile of the spacer of the self-supported glazing panel being able to mate with a complementary interlocking profile of a second structural spacer such that the glazing panel is self-supported; the rigid structural spacer having a sufficient thickness to provide structural integrity to the glazing panel to form the self-supported, frameless glazing panel which can be inserted as a structural member in a wall or roof without use of a separate structural frame.