Patent ID: 6989188

Claim:
A spacer profile comprising: a profile body comprising an elastically-plastically deformable material having a heat conductivity of less than about 0.3 W/(m·K), the profile body having defined therein: a base wall, first and second side walls extending substantially perpendicularly from opposite terminal ends of the base wall, an upper wall extending substantially in parallel with the base wall, a first connecting segment connecting the first side wall to the upper wall, the first connecting segment defining a first inwardly curved or angled groove between the upper wall and the first side wall, a second connecting segment connecting the second side wall to the upper wall, the second connecting segment defining a second inwardly curved or angled groove between the upper wall and the second side wall, and a hollow chamber having a first space in communication with a second space, the first space being disposed adjacent to the base wall and the second space being disposed adjacent to the upper wall, the first space having a greater width than the second space, in which the width direction is defined as being parallel to the base wall and upper wall of the profile body, and a reinforcement layer provided in or on at least the upper wall, the first and second connecting segments, and the first and second side walls, the reinforcement layer having a heat conductivity of less than about 50 W/(m·K).