Mounting of glazing panels

A joint for connecting of a sheet of material to a support member having a top surface, the joint comprising

• means extending along an edge margin of an inner surface of the sheet adjacent the sheet edge and defining a recess which extends substantially parallel to the edge margin substantially along the extent of the edge margin, the recess facing laterally away from a central part of the sheet and having an opening bounded along a side thereof disposed away from the sheet by a lip,
• a rib upstanding from the support member top surface along substantially the length of the member to which the sheet is to be connected in a desired position, the rib defining downwardly facing shoulder means on the side of the rib adjacent said desired position,
• resilient gasket means carried by the support member top surface substantially parallel to the rib substantially along the length of the member at a location on the member within said desired position, and
• resilient clip means configured at one end thereof to forcibly engage in the recess over the lip and configured at the other end to forcibly engage the rib shoulder means, the clip means being dimensioned and configured intermediate its ends adequately that, upon placement of the sheet in the desired position and engagement of the clip means with the recess and the rib shoulder means, the clip means forcibly urges the sheet into sealing contact with the gasket means and holds the sheet in the desired position.

A method for mechanically mounting a sheet to a support member comprising the steps of

• providing on the support member within a desired mounted position of the sheet to the support member a gasket element which extends along and adjacent to a mounted edge of the sheet,
• providing mounting means on the sheet along a sheet inner surface adjacent said edge which define a recess opening laterally away from a central part of the sheet inwardly from a sheet outer surface,
• providing on the support member adjacently outside said mounted position of the sheet, and inwardly of the sheet outer surface in the mounted position of the sheet, a shoulder which opens toward the gasket element and the support member,
• placing the sheet in the desired mounted position in contact with the gasket element and with the sheet inner surface toward the support member, and
• engaging between the recess and the shoulder a resilient member which urges the sheet forcefully into contact with the gasket element and which is disposed inwardly of the sheet outer surface when so engaged.

A mounting of a sheet of material to a support member at an edge margin of the sheet, comprising

• mounting means connected to the sheet and extending away from an inner surface of the sheet adjacent the sheet edge associated with the sheet edge margin and defining a recess which opens away from a central part of the sheet,
• a resilient gasket element carried by the support member within a mounted position of the edge of the mounted sheet,
• a shoulder element carried by the support member outside and adjacent to the mounted position of the sheet and defining a shoulder which faces toward the gasket element and the support member, and
• a resilient sheet holder member configured for forcible engagement thereof with the recess and the shoulder to forcibly urge the sheet, when disposed in its mounted position relative to the support member, into contact with the gasket element,
• the mounting means, the shoulder element and the holder member being defined in relation to each other so that no portion of any of them is disposed outwardly of an outer surface of the sheet from the support member upon engagement of the holder member.

A mounting of a sheet of material to a support member at an edge margin of the sheet, comprising

• mounting means connected to the sheet and extending away from an inner surface of the sheet adjacent the sheet edge associated with the sheet edge margin and defining a recess which opens away from a central part of the sheet,
• a resilient gasket element carried by the support member within a mounted position of the sheet and which extends along and adjacent the position of the edge of the mounted sheet,
• a resilient sheet holder member captive between the support member and the mounting means in engagement with the recess biasing the sheet into engagement with the gasket element,
• the mounting means, the holder member and the support member being defined in relation to each other so that they all are disposed inwardly of an imaginary extension of an outer surface of the sheet beyond the sheet edge.