Patent ID: 8590226

Claim:
A glass element comprising: at least two glass slabs arranged in facing relationship with a peripheral spacer frame arranged between each pair of glass slabs; and a plurality of holders for anchoring at selective points to a supporting structure, each of said plurality of holders includes two clamping plates joined together via connectors, being mounted in apertures formed in an inner glass slab facing the supporting structure, and one of the clamping plates of each holder fitting being formed with anchorage attachment points that are accessible from the outside, wherein inner clamping plates are placed in abutment against an inner face of the inner glass slab prior to an assembly of said inner glass slab and another glass slab, in such a manner that respective connecting parts extend at most up to an outer mouth of the apertures and that connecting parts of outer clamping plates, the outer clamping plates being applied to an external face of the inner glass slab in a later step, engage the connecting parts of the inner clamping plates so as to make said anchorage attachment points accessible, wherein at least one seal is arranged in said apertures in the inner glass slab and the inner clamping plates are attached to the inner face of the inner glass slab, and wherein channels are arranged in the inner clamping plates in a manner allowing flow of air between the inner mouth of the apertures and an outer face of the inner clamping plates in the mounted position.