Title: Walls

Abstract: A glass wall, in particular for a sports area, is formed of toughened glass sheets and drilling of the sheets obviated or minimised by assembling the glass sheets edge-to-edge, with a pair of resiliently lined side channels fitted to the end pair of glass edges and with resiliently lined top and bottom channels fitted to the top and bottom edges respectively of the glass sheets, each pair of abutting glass edges being overlapped by a pillar with a resilient strip in between, and a door may be formed by a glass sheet with pivots secured to the door and the top and bottom channels or the top and bottom of an opening in a wall to which the channels are secured, with a small hole in the door for access to a latch carried by the door and engageable with one of the pillars flanking the door.

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Inventors: Pearson, Jonathan Clive (Sheffield, EN)

Application Number: 459597
Filing Date: 1974-04-10
Publication_date: 1976-12-14
Assignee: Ellis Pearson & Co. Limited (GB)
Primary Class(es): 52/207 52/308, 52/457
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US Patent Ref:

982226	Jul, 1911	Good	292/DIG.
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1799482	Apr, 1931	Schlacks	52/207.
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2059489	Nov, 1936	Reisig	52/314.
2173758	Sep, 1939	Lynch et al.	52/207.
2191500	Feb, 1940	Rosling	52/202.
2197195	Apr, 1940	Schemers	292/DIG.
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3340661	Sep, 1967	Krieger	52/311.
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3430384	Mar, 1969	Malenfant	49/400.
3720025	Mar, 1973	Eichman	52/204.

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Primary Examiner: Ridgill, Jr., James L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Lowe, King, Price & Markva