Structural element especially suitable for solar greenhouses and the like

Claim 1

A structural arrangement comprising an elongated hollow bar provided with a first longitudinally extending track channel having a relatively narrow longitudinally extending slot-type mouth, said bar being provided with a second track channel and mouth arranged in mirror image relationship to said first channel and the first said mouth and opening in opposite direction to the latter, the channels being substantially circular in cross-section and the mouths defining reentrant angles therewith, the bar being generally quadrilateral in shape and having four corners and including two pairs of parallel sides, said mouths being located in respective of the sides of one pair adjacent two of said corners, the sides of the other pair being provided with screw grooves, one of the sides of said other pair being provided with at least one channel adapted for receiving a sealing member, said structural arrangement further comprising a sealing member in the latter said channel, a glazing member against the sealing member, a muntin against the glazing member, and a fastening means extending through the muntin into the corresponding screw groove.