(19)
(11) EP 0 356 374 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.03.1992 Bulletin 1992/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/09

(21) Application number: 89730189.1

(22) Date of filing: 19.08.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: E04C 2/54
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 25.08.1988 US 236169

(71) Applicant: INNOVATIVE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
Grand Prairie Texas 75050 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Taylor, John R.
    Irving, Texas 75061 (US)

(74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG 
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg
22607 Hamburg (DE)


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    (54) Glass-block panels and method of fabrication thereof


    (57) A glass block (14) panel construction and method of fabrication useful for decorative and functional purposes. The panel includes a frame (10) rigidly assembled from interlocking components (40,52) to form a grid-like pattern of adjacent pockets (12), each pocket (12) sized to receive and support a glass block (14) by way of support lips (39,50,60) extending around each pocket, the blocks (14) bonded to the frame (10) and therefore to one another in structurally stable and weather sealed relation.







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