A window includes a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit in a window frame. The window frame includes at least one vacuum insulated structure (VIS) for improving the insulating functionality of the frame, so that the frame can adequately insulate the periphery of the VIG unit. Such windows may be used in residential and/or commercial window applications for buildings. The use of a window frame having at least one VIS is advantageous in that allows for improved window frame thermal performance and a narrow frame design if desired for improved aesthetics.

A window includes a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit in a window frame. The window frame includes at least one vacuum insulated structure (VIS) for improving the insulating functionality of the frame, so that the frame can adequately insulate the periphery of the VIG unit. Such windows may be used in residential and/or commercial window applications for buildings. The use of a window frame having at least one VIS is advantageous in that allows for improved window frame thermal performance and a narrow frame design if desired for improved aesthetics.

A self-locking support system includes a female profile having a first profile leg extending approximately orthogonally from a base, a first locking leg extending from the first profile leg, and a first tip extending from the first profile leg, wherein a gap is formed between the base and the first profile leg, and a first male profile having a fulcrum formed at an intersection of a second profile leg and a second locking leg, the second profile leg having a second tip extending therefrom. When the second locking leg is inserted into the gap, and a locking bead is positioned between the first and second tips, the first male profile is caused to rotate about the fulcrum and the first and second locking legs are caused to engage against each other.

A window assembly may include a vacuum insulated glass unit and a frame assembly. The vacuum insulated glass unit may include first and second glass substrates defining a space therebetween that is at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. One of the first and second glass substrates may include a vacuum port extending outward therefrom. The vacuum port may define a passage in communication with the space. The frame assembly supports the glass unit and may include a base member and a glazing member. The base member and the glazing member cooperate to define a slot in which an edge portion of the glass unit is received. The glazing member may include a cavity receiving the vacuum port.

A window assembly may include a vacuum insulated glass unit and a frame assembly. The vacuum insulated glass unit may include first and second glass substrates defining a space therebetween that is at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. One of the first and second glass substrates may include a vacuum port extending outward therefrom. The vacuum port may define a passage in communication with the space. The frame assembly supports the glass unit and may include a base member and a glazing member. The base member and the glazing member cooperate to define a slot in which an edge portion of the glass unit is received. The glazing member may include a cavity receiving the vacuum port.

A glass door includes a glass assembly, a door frame, a decoration element and a door sealing element. The glass assembly includes a front glass having four outer side surfaces connected with each other end to end. The door frame surrounds the front glass and includes four inner side surfaces connected with each other end to end, a first surface connected with the inner side surfaces, and a second surface opposite to the first surface and connected with the inner side surfaces. The decoration element includes a first decoration sheet and four second decoration sheets vertically connected with the first decoration sheet and formed by vertically bending. The first decoration sheet covers a periphery region of a front surface of the front glass, and the second decoration sheets cover the four outer side surfaces of the front glass respectively. The door sealing element covers the second surface.

A glass door includes a glass assembly, a door frame, a decoration element and a door sealing element. The glass assembly includes a front glass having four outer side surfaces connected with each other end to end. The door frame surrounds the front glass and includes four inner side surfaces connected with each other end to end, a first surface connected with the inner side surfaces, and a second surface opposite to the first surface and connected with the inner side surfaces. The decoration element includes a first decoration sheet and four second decoration sheets vertically connected with the first decoration sheet and formed by vertically bending. The first decoration sheet covers a periphery region of a front surface of the front glass, and the second decoration sheets cover the four outer side surfaces of the front glass respectively. The door sealing element covers the second surface.

Examples of the present disclosure provide an overhead door panel. The overhead door panel includes a pair of parallel glass panes, a metal frame with parallel lateral stiles oriented perpendicular to the pair of parallel glass panes, a first seal system located at a first lateral stile, and a second seal system located at a second lateral stile, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage with at least one glass pane of the pair of parallel glass panes and a lateral stile of the parallel lateral stiles of the metal frame such that the first seal system and the second seal system are between the at least one glass pane and the lateral stile.

Examples of the present disclosure provide an overhead door panel. The overhead door panel includes a pair of parallel glass panes, a metal frame with parallel lateral stiles oriented perpendicular to the pair of parallel glass panes, a first seal system located at a first lateral stile, and a second seal system located at a second lateral stile, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage with at least one glass pane of the pair of parallel glass panes and a lateral stile of the parallel lateral stiles of the metal frame such that the first seal system and the second seal system are between the at least one glass pane and the lateral stile.

The invention pertains to hermetically sealed glass using vacuum technology to remove still air, preventing the infiltration and exfiltration of heat through the installed glass in a modern window and/or door system composed of vinyl, wood, or other readily available substrate, thereby minimizing the negative impact of heat loss through the outer edges of the hermetically sealed glass, while also applying lengths of hollow vinyl, solid wood, or other readily available substrates to the exposed portions of the hermetically sealed glass to give the appearance of a window/door utilizing multiple single pieces of glass.