US 4,524,978 AGranted

Simulated structural gasket

AssigneeAmpat/Midwest Corp.

InventorRichard J. Mauser

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Abstract

A simulated structural gasket for supporting a panel, such as a glass window panel, within an opening defined by a window frame. The simulated gasket includes two elongated members which may be extruded aluminum, extending along and engaging opposite sides of a building frame flange which surrounds the window opening. The elongated members project beyond the frame flange into the opening and accommodate on edge of the glass window panel between them. A cross-member projects from one elongated member toward the other and overlies the frame flange. The cross-member and other elongated member are interlocked to prevent movement of the elongated members away from each other. A layer of resilient, rubber-like, material covers the outer surface of each elongated member and has a gasket portion located between its respective elongated member and the glass panel.

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Dependent claims

A simulated structural gasket for supporting a panel within an opening defined by a building frame, the frame having a flange surrounding the opening, the simulated gasket comprising:

first and second elongated metal members each having a flange-engaging portion extending along the length of the building frame flange, said portions engaging opposite sides of the flange,
each of the elongated members having a panel-supporting portion extending beyond the free edge of the flange into the opening surrounded by the flange, an edge of the panel within the opening being located between the panel-supporting portions of the elongated members,
a cross-member projecting laterally from the first elongated member toward the second elongated member, the cross-member overlying the building frame flange,
cooperable locking means carried by the second elongated member and the cross-member for preventing movement of the elongated members away from each other, and
a layer of resilient material covering the outer surface of each elongated member, each resilient layer having a gasket portion located between the panel-supporting portion of its respective elongated member and the panel being supported.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.