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Methods for installing a glass panel, including an insulated glass panel, a security glass panel, or a decorative leaded glass panel, to an opening in a door or a window without creating holes in the door or glass panel using a dual support connector with connector body, connector hole extending thr

Methods for installing a glass panel, including an insulated glass panel, a security glass panel, or a decorative leaded glass panel, to an opening in a door or a window without creating holes in the door or glass panel using a dual support connector with connector body, connector hole extending through the connector body, a glass flange integral with the connector body for overlaying an edge portion of the glass panel; an structural panel flange integral with the connector body, extending at a right angle to the connector hole away from the connector body parallel to while opposite the glass panel flange for overlaying an edge portion of the structural panel while in a plane apart from a plane of the glass flange.

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1. A method for creating a door assembly with a door light, wherein the method comprises: a. separating an interior frame from a glass panel connected to an exterior frame with a plurality of shipping clips wherein a seal means is disposed between the glass panel and the exterior frame for creating

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A method for creating a door assembly with a door light, wherein the method comprises: a. separating an interior frame from a glass panel connected to an exterior frame with a plurality of shipping clips wherein a seal means is disposed between the glass panel and the exterior frame for creating a sealing engagement between the glass panel and the exterior frame with the shipping clips, each of the shipping clips comprising a body;b. installing a shipping fastener through the body of each of the shipping clips engaging the exterior frame;c. installing an additional seal means in a groove of the exterior frame wherein the additional seal means overlays a portion of a structural panel of a door;d. placing the glass panel affixed to the exterior frame with the shipping clips attached and the additional seal means into an opening of the door creating a seal with the structural panel of the door;e. placing a plurality of dual support connectors between the glass panel and the structural panel of the door;f. attaching each of the plurality of dual support connectors to the exterior panel using a fastener for each of the dual support connectors while the glass panel is in the door opening held by the shipping fasteners, securing the glass panel to the exterior frame from an interior side of the door with the fasteners and dual support connectors;g. placing fastening means around an inside surface of the interior frame;h. placing the interior frame with the fastening means attached over edges of the door opening and over edges of the glass panel, joining the interior frame to the glass panel and to the structural panel simultaneously, without joining the interior frame to the dual support connector and without joining the interior frame to the exterior frame. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the glass panel comprises four sides, and wherein the exterior frame overlays each of the four sides of the glass panel. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the exterior frame extends beyond the opening of the door covering over the portion of the structural panel on one side of the exterior frame, wherein the exterior frame comprises a decorative face on an exterior side of the door. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the decorative face can be a simulated wood face. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the dual support connectors are positioned in a spaced apart equidistant relationship to each other to connect the glass panel to the structural panel, and wherein the glass panel has a thickness identical to, or dissimilar to a thickness of the structural panel. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the door is a fiberglass door, a steel door, or a composite door. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dual support connectors are for Craftsman style doors, and wherein each of the dual support connectors comprises: a. a connector body;b. a connector hole extending longitudinally through the connector body;c. a door flange integral with the connector body and extending at a right angle to the connector hole away from a longitudinal axis of the connector body for overlaying a panel edge portion of the structural panel; andd. a glass flange integral with the connector body and extending at a fight angle to the connector hole away from the longitudinal axis of the connector body and parallel to while opposite from the door flange for overlaying a glass edge portion of the glass panel. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the dual support connectors are for non-Craftsman style doors, and wherein each of the dual support connectors comprises: a. a connector body;b. a connector hole extending longitudinally through the connector body;c. a connector glass flange integral with the connector body and extending at a fight angle to a longitudinal axis of the connector hole away from the connector body for overlaying an glass edge portion of the glass panel; andd. a connector structural panel flange integral with the connector body and extending at a fight angle to the longitudinal axis of the connector hole away from the connector body and parallel to while opposite to the connector glass flange for overlaying a panel edge portion of the structural panel while in a plane apart from a plane of the connector glass flange. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the seal means is a member of the group consisting of: a gasket, a curable silicone sealant, a cross linked elastomer, a resin, an adhesion promoter, a natural rubber, a synthetic rubber or combinations thereof. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the dual support connectors comprises a member of the group consisting of: aluminum, wood, alloys of metal, polyurethane, polyester, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer, polyamide, and styrene butadiene rubber copolymer, or combinations thereof. 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising using an integral flange support portion and wherein each of the dual support connectors has a connector structural panel flange extending from the integral flange support portion at an end opposite the connector body. 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising using a connector groove in the interior frame for a flush engagement with each of the dual support connectors.