GLAZINGS

AN AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING (10) COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND PLIES OF A GLAZING MATERIAL (20, 40) HAVING AN INTERLAYER (30) LAMINATED THEREBETWEEN IS PROVIDED. THE GLAZING (10) HAS A THICKNESS SUITABLE FOR REPLACING A SINGLE PLY TOUGHENED OR TEMPERED SIDE OR DOOR GLAZING, OR AN EXISTING LAMINATED GLAZING IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE. THE GLAZING (10) MEETS AT LEAST ONE OF: (A) TEST 9 OF ANSI STANDARD Z 26.1 (1996) USING A 196 TO 201 G STEEL DART DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 9.14 METRES; B) TEST 12 OF ANSI STANDARD Z 26.1 (1996) USING A 224 TO 230 G STEEL BALL DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 9.14 METRES; AND C) THE BALL-IMPACT TEST OF ECE REGULATION NUMBER 43 FOR A 225 TO 229 G STEEL BALL DROPPED FROM A HEIGHT OF 5 METRES. PREFERABLY, THE INTERLAYER (30) HAS A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN 0.76 MM, AND THE AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING (10) A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN 5 MM. FIGURE 1