Patent ID: 6804924
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination:an in situ insulating glass unit encased in a frame; the insulating glass unit comprising a pair of panes and a peripheral spacer having an outer wall extending between the panes; the outer wall of the peripheral spacer defining a hole communicating with a between-pane space defined by the panes and the spacer; the frame defining a bore fluidly communicating with the hole; and a rivet having a body disposed in the bore of the frame the body having a first, undeformed shape and the body being capable of assuming a second, deformed shape in which an end wall and a side wall of the rivet extend completely across the hole; and wherein moving a stem of the rivet relative to the body causes the body to assume the second, deformed shape.