Edge-lit glass wall system
OwnerFlorian Eymeinventor
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Abstract
A glass space partitioning system that is capable of supporting heavy and/or operable glass panels in throughout a range of partially-integrated or fully-integrated configurations, and which integrates an LED-strip light assembly for edge-lighting the glass panels. The system generally includes a framing member comprising a U-shaped horizontal profile with side walls, an intermediate profile attached to the U-shaped profile, a glass pane seated edgewise between a side wall of the U-shaped profile and the intermediate profile, a flexible LED strip cut to length and snap-fit in a vertical orientation against the side wall of the U-shaped profile and adjacent the glass pane for edge lighting, and a cover profile attached to the intermediate profile securing the foregoing.
Claims15
An edge-lit glass partition, comprising:
- a rectangular pane of glass having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- and
- at least one batten for affixing said top edge or said bottom edge to a corresponding ceiling or floor, said batten comprising a first framing member formed with a constant lengthwise cross-sectional profile generally-U-shaped with a floor, and a pair of opposing sidewalls protruding perpendicularly from said floor, both sidewalls including an alcove, and a second framing member snap-fit to a central elevated plateau of the floor of the first framing member;
- and;
- an LED lighting strip adhered within one of said alcoves.
A system for installing an edge-lit glass interior partition comprising:
- a longitudinal framing member having:
- a substantially U-shaped profile comprising an horizontal floor disposed along a midline, a longitudinal elevated plateau formed in said floor and centered on said midline and, at each distal end of said floor, a side wall of the U-shaped profile protruding therefrom,
- a recessed trough formed in said floor between said plateau and each side wall,
- an intermediate profile releasably attached to said U-shaped profile,
- a cover profile releasably attached to said intermediate profile;
- at least one glass pane seated in a recessed trough between said intermediate profile and a side wall of said U-shaped profile;
- and
- a flexible LED light strip attached to a side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.