Patent ID: 7735276

Claim:
An assembly of glass blocks held in a structural frame for non-vertical use comprising: a plurality of glass blocks having two rectangular display faces and four edge faces; a rectangular structural frame having four sides; a plurality of extruded primary muntins, each said primary muntin having a primary top edge and one or more notches defined along said primary top edge to accept steel rods; a flange opposite said top edge, said flange integral with each primary muntin and perpendicular thereto; a gasket on said flange of said primary muntin abutting the edges of an exposed glass block display face; a plurality of extruded secondary muntins, each said secondary muntin having a hollow boss at the top thereof defining a secondary top edge, each said hollow boss aligned with each said notch of said primary muntin to accept said steel rods; a backing pad disposed on said secondary top edge and covering said hollow boss; a stop flange opposite said secondary top edge, said stop flange integral with each secondary muntin and perpendicular thereto, said stop flange sized to fit into a section of said gasket of said primary muntin, wherein upon assembly the total height of the flange and gasket equals the height of the stop flange to equally support said glass blocks.