Patent ID: 8621793
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A self-locking glazing system for locking a glass panel, the system comprising: a glass panel having a width; a first rubber beading and a second rubber beading; an aluminum extruded female profile having a lower leg, a first vertical leg, and an upper leg, the upper leg extending as a horizontal cantilever extension from a lower half portion of the first vertical leg and extending at a length that exceeds the width of the glass panel such that the width of the glass panel is entirely positioned on the upper leg; and an aluminum extruded male profile having a generally horizontal leg and a second vertical leg; and wherein a gap is formed in the female profile between the lower leg and the upper leg, and wherein the upper leg includes a horizontal surface on a bottom side of the upper leg, and the upper leg includes a mating face orthogonal to and coincident with the upper surface; wherein the glass panel is configured to be positioned between the first vertical leg and the second vertical leg; wherein the horizontal leg of the male profile includes a locking tip having a dropping down face that engages against the mating face of the upper leg of the female profile; wherein the first vertical leg includes a first horizontal tip orthogonal to a first vertical face that is directed toward the glass panel, and the first vertical leg includes a first horizontal face orthogonal to the first vertical face, and wherein the second vertical leg includes a second horizontal tip orthogonal to a second vertical face that is directed toward the glass panel, and the second vertical leg includes a second horizontal face orthogonal to the second vertical face; wherein the first rubber beading is positioned between the first vertical face and the glass panel and the first rubber beading is in contact with the first vertical face, and the second rubber beading is positioned between the second vertical face and the glass panel and the second rubber beading is in contact with the second vertical face, thereby causing an outward force to be applied at least to the first vertical face and the second vertical face such that an engaging force is maintained about a fulcrum of the male profile and between the dropping down face of the horizontal leg of the male profile and the mating face of the upper leg of the female profile; and wherein the male profile rests on the fulcrum over the lower leg of the female profile, and wherein the horizontal leg of the male profile extends from the fulcrum and rotates about the fulcrum.