Patent ID: 8555573

Claim:
A window system for installing a plurality of windows which enables easy cleaning and substantially eliminates the need for frames surrounding the pane, said window system comprising: (a) a center pane of glass, having a first predetermined width, height and thickness for at least partially covering a first portion of an opening formed in a wall of a structure; (b) a pair of panes of glass, each of said pair of panes disposed on an opposite side of said center pane, a first pane of said pair of panes having a second predetermined width, height and thickness for at least partially covering a second portion of such opening formed in such wall of such structure and a second of said pair of panes having a third predetermined width, height and thickness for at least partially covering a third portion of such opening formed in such wall of such structure; (c) at least two hinges disposed on each of said pair of panes along said second predetermined height and said third predetermined height on each of said pair of panes on a predetermined side on an outer periphery thereof, a first one of said at least two hinges being secured to said predetermined side closely adjacent one end thereof and a second one of said at least two hinges being secured to said predetermined side closely adjacent a radially opposed end thereof; (d) at least one magnet secured to one of at least one of each of said pair of panes on a side opposite said at least two hinges and such opening formed in such structure; and (e) at least one metallic member disposed on an opposite one of said each of said pair of panes and such opening formed in such structure for maintaining said each of said pair of panes in a closed position.