Wet glazing shield gasket for fenestration unit

A wet glazing shield gasket for a fenestration unit having a glazing unit supported by a frame and a seal member therebetween, the glazing shield gasket comprising:

• a support portion configured to attach to the frame;
• a sweep that extends from the support portion and that terminates at a barrier lip, the sweep supported for resilient flexure between a neutral position and a flexed position relative to the support portion;
• the barrier lip configured to engage the glazing unit for collapsing the sweep onto the support portion as the sweep flexes away from the neutral position and toward the flexed position;
• the sweep configured to extend between the frame and the glazing unit and to be a barrier for the seal member as the sweep flexes away from the neutral position and toward the flexed position;
• the sweep and the support portion configured to layer over each other and cooperatively occupy a gap between the glazing unit and the frame when in the flexed position;
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• a masking strip that extends from the support portion, the masking strip configured to attach to at least one of the glazing unit and the frame for masking the fenestration unit.

A fenestration unit comprising:

• a glazing unit;
• a frame member that supports the glazing unit with a gap defined therebetween;
• a sealant between the glazing unit and the frame member;
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• a wet glazing shield gasket disposed in the gap and that includes:
• a support portion attached to the frame member, the support portion including a first edge and a second edge, the first edge facing out of the gap and the second edge facing into the gap;
• a sweep that is attached to the support portion proximate the first edge, the sweep cantilevered with respect to the support portion to extend inward into the gap away from the first edge and toward the second edge and terminate within the gap, the sweep resiliently flexed from a neutral position to a flexed position relative to the support portion;
• the sweep engaged with the glazing unit and layered on the support portion in the flexed position;
• the sweep and the support portion configured to extend between the frame member and the glazing unit and to be a barrier for the sealant as the sweep flexes away from the neutral position and toward the flexed position;
• the sweep and the support portion layered over each other and cooperatively occupying the gap between the glazing unit and the frame member in the flexed position.