Patent ID: 7939161

Claim:
A panel assembly, comprising: a) a substrate comprising a panel of glass, plastic or a combination thereof which is at least partially transparent; b) a cured coating on at least one peripheral edge portion of the substrate for defining a coated edge portion, the coating including: i) one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; ii) an initiator for causing the formation of free radicals or cations; and iii) one or more compounds, which are reactive with the film forming resin and which also contain at least one acidic moiety consisting of a carboxylic acid group and a double bond, selected from the group consisting of acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl and allyl group containing compounds; and iv) one or more adhesion promoters comprising a Michael addition product of a compound containing three or greater alkoxysilyl groups and an amino group with a compound containing two or more acrylate groups, and c) a plastic bonded onto the coated edge portion of the substrate, the assembly being free of any ceramic frit beneath the plastic, wherein the substrate is encapsulated by the plastic about the entire periphery of the substrate.