Encapsulated glazing product

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A complete multi-layer glazing unit as contemplated by this invention includes, essentially, a glass substrate, and a laceration inhibiting shield supported by and extending over what would otherwise be an exposed surface of the substrate.
The glass substrate may take such varied forms as the conventional laminated safety glass structures currently required in automobile windshields in this country, the single sheet heat strengthened or tempered glass glazing commonly employed in automobile side lights, back lights and sun roofs, or an annealed glass sheet.
A gasket or frame member composed of a synthetic polymer extends around a major portion of the periphery of the glass substrate and shield and is adhered to the marginal edge surfaces of each, such gasket having been polymerized in situ adjacent such periphery and having assumed through the autogenous mechanism incident to its polymerization and cure, while confined, intimate contact with the portions to which it is adhered.
An object of the invention is to produce an anti-lacerative glazing structure for use in side light, back light and sun roof, as well as windshield, applications in the vehicular industry.
Another object of the invention is to produce an anti-lacerative structure which embodies inherent physical characteristics able to rapidly dissipate the energy of an article impacting a relatively small area of the structure throughout the entire area of the product.
Another object of the invention is to produce an anti-lacerative structure for vehicular use having a polymeric frame formed in situ which encapsulates the peripheral portions of the structure.