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A door light for use with a residential or commercial exterior door is disclosed. A plurality of glass holding clips are peripherally spaced about the door opening to position and secure a pane of glass within the door opening. Each clip includes mating interior and exterior members and the members

A door light for use with a residential or commercial exterior door is disclosed. A plurality of glass holding clips are peripherally spaced about the door opening to position and secure a pane of glass within the door opening. Each clip includes mating interior and exterior members and the members are secured together by threaded fasteners which insert through aligned openings in the clip members. The interior and exterior clip members are provided with at least a pair of spaced projections. Interior and exterior decorative frames peripherally overfit the interior and exterior peripheries of the door opening. The decorative frames are provided with recesses or grooves in alignment with the clip member projections to permit snap-on attachment of the decorative frames over the clip members in a manner to completely shield the clip members and the fasteners. A bottom moisture shield overfits the bottom of the door opening and is provided with flats to receive the bottom clips therein to continuously expel moisture from the door light without interfering with the operation of the clip members.

대표청구항 ▼

A door light for installation in a door of the type having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a shaped opening provided in the door and defining a periphery, and glass within the opening, the door light comprising: a plurality of clips securing the glass to the door within the opening, each s

A door light for installation in a door of the type having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a shaped opening provided in the door and defining a periphery, and glass within the opening, the door light comprising: a plurality of clips securing the glass to the door within the opening, each said clip being a discrete fastening element and comprising: a first member and a second member, the first and second members contacting opposite sides of the glass, each clip member comprising a first leg overfitting the periphery of the door opening and a second leg in contact with one of said glass surfaces, the first leg of the first clip member being provided with a first hole, the first leg of the second clip member being provided with a second hole; a fastener connecting the first clip member to the second clip member; first and second door light frames peripherally overfitting the shaped opening on opposite sides of the door, each of the door light frames comprising an integral one piece molding of plastic fitted around the periphery defined by the shaped opening in the door, and each of the door light frames being respectively secured to one of said first clip member and said second clip member, the door light frames and the respective first and second clip members defining protrusions having abutments, and complementary recesses which interfit with the protrusions, to lock the door light frames to the first and second clip members inwardly toward the door and the glass, the protrusions being directed in opposite directions along surfaces of the door and the glass, thereby fixing the door light frames to the door while permitting expansion and contraction of the door light frames relative to the door.