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A curtain wall system and method comprises supporting channels including vertical receiving and retaining members which engage kerfs formed in the lower edges of curtain wall members. Latching members have locating and retaining members which are received in kerfs form in the upper edges of the curt

A curtain wall system and method comprises supporting channels including vertical receiving and retaining members which engage kerfs formed in the lower edges of curtain wall members. Latching members have locating and retaining members which are received in kerfs form in the upper edges of the curtain wall members. The curtain wall members are rotated inwardly causing the latching members to slide along the under surfaces of the supporting channels and into engagement with locking members. A second embodiment comprises supporting channels and latching members having spaced apart vertically disposed locating members which receive the opposite ends of the curtain wall members. A third embodiment comprises gap filling members which are received between adjacent curtain wall members and comprise hooks located adjacent to the lower ends of the gap filling members for engagement with vertically disposed receiving and retaining members extending upwardly from supporting channels. Latching members located at upper ends of the gap filling members slide along the lower surfaces of the supporting channels and into locking engagement therewith.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method, comprising:substantially filling first and second kerfs of a curtain wall member with silicone, the first and second kerfs in upper and lower ends, respectively, of the curtain wall member;embedding a locating-and-retaining member of a latching member in the si

The invention claimed is: 1. A method, comprising:substantially filling first and second kerfs of a curtain wall member with silicone, the first and second kerfs in upper and lower ends, respectively, of the curtain wall member;embedding a locating-and-retaining member of a latching member in the silicone in the first kerf, the latching member comprising a nominally horizontally-disposed portion having first and second ends, the locating-and-retaining member located at the first end of the horizontally-disposed portion and extending downwardly with respect to the horizontally-disposed portion, the horizontally-disposed portion of the latching member positioned such that foam tape beneath the horizontally-disposed portion is positioned in engagement with the upper end of the curtain wall member;embedding a receiving-and-retaining member of a first curtain wall member supporting channel in the silicone in the second kerf such that the curtain wall member initially extends upwardly and angularly outwardly relative to the first curtain wall member supporting channel, a second curtain wall member supporting channel positioned above and substantially parallel to the first curtain wall member supporting channel; androtating the curtain wall member inwardly toward the second curtain wall member supporting channel such that the second end of the horizontally-disposed portion of the latching member slides along a lower surface of a supporting member of the second curtain wall member supporting channel causing the latching member to rotate downwardly, compressing the foam tape, the second end of the latching member sliding along the lower surface of the second curtain wall member supporting channel moving past a locking member disposed beneath the lower surface of the supporting member of the second curtain wall member supporting channel until a latch at the second end of the latching member comes into latching engagement with the locking member, the foam tape beneath the horizontally-disposed portion of the latching member decompressing once the latch comes into latching engagement with the locking member and maintaining the latching member in engagement with the lower surface of the supporting member of the second curtain wall member supporting channel to facilitate holding the latching member in place.