Patent ID: 6715245
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
An impact resistant installation comprising:a pane having a generally planar pane body of frangible material affixed to a flexible sheet, the pane comprising two coextensive layers of glass, sandwiched on opposite sides of the flexible sheet, wherein the flexible sheet protrudes outwardly in a plane from between the layers of glass at least around a portion of a periphery of the pane body, substantially in a plane parallel to the pane body; a structural part defining an opening for receiving and supporting the pane body, a stepped edge being provided around the opening with a surface parallel to the pane body, wherein the opening is dimensioned to receive the pane against a bottom of the stepped edge at an inset of a depth substantially equal to a thickness of one of said two layers of glass that lies against the bottom of the stepped edge, the other of said two layers of glass residing above the inset, thereby supporting the pane in the structural part with the flexible sheet extending outwardly over the surface adjacent to the opening; and, an elongated molding element arranged to frame the pane body along the surface adjacent to the periphery, wherein the molding element is attachable to the structural part so as to capture the flexible sheet between the molding element and the surface adjacent to the periphery of the pane body.