Glazing system

A glass panel assembly for use on a supporting frame structure, the supporting frame structure comprising a vertical or inclined elongated first support element having a vertical or inclined first support surface and a horizontal second support element intersecting said first support element and having a second support surface which is parallel to the first support surface, said glass panel assembly comprising;

• a) first and second elongated base plates made of a resilient elastomeric material received and supported on the first and second support elements, respectively, said base plates each including a base portion which is adapted to be received on and supported by the respective support element thereof so that each of said base portions extends longitudinally along the support surface of the respective support element thereof, each of said base plates further comprising an elongated longitudinally extending attachment portion extending upwardly from the respective base portion thereof when the base portion thereof is in an upwardly facing horizontal disposition and received on the support element and an elongated longitudinally extending support pad portion extending upwardly in outwardly spaced relation to the attachment portion thereof when the base portion thereof is in said horizontal disposition
• b) first and second rigid longitudinally extending attachment elements adapted to be received in coextensive relation on the attachment portions of said first and second base plates, respectively;
• c) first attachment means for securing said first and second attached elements to the first and second roof support elements, respectively, through said first and second base plates, respectively;
• d) a glass panel adapted to be received and supported on said support pad portions, said glass panel having first and second edges which are disposed in perpendicular relation to each other, said glass panel being adapted to be positioned so that said first and second edges are in spaced relation to said first and second attachment elements, respectively;
• e) first and second elongated pressure caps each including an elongated rigid cap portion and an elongated resilient pressure pad made of an elastomeric material on the cap portion thereof, said first and second pressure caps being adapted to be received in assembled positions on said glass panel so that said glass panel is captured between the pressure pads thereof and the support pad portions of said first and second base plates, respectively;
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• f) second fastening means for securing said first and second pressure caps to said first and second attachment elements so that said pressure caps are maintained in the assembled positions thereof with the pressure pads of said first and second pressure caps in pressurized engagement with said glass adjacent said first and second edges, respectively.